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Key Takeaways:

  • An aircraft (N1Q) had an N-number that air traffic control (Houston Center) perceived as unusually long.
  • The pilot of N1Q concurred, humorously adding that the long N-number was also difficult to remember.
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Overheard this exchange in Houston Center the week before Halloween 2014:

Aircraft N1Q:
“Houston, N1Q. 390. Good evening.”

Houston Center:
“Good evening, N1Q. That sure is a long N-number you got there.”

Aircraft N1Q:
“Yes. And it’s hard to remember, too.”


Doug Fields

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