Short Final

Editorial Staff

Sunday, August 06, 2017 at 12:00 AM ET

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Key Takeaways:

While flying a C-152 to AirVenture 2017, the pilots received an incorrect clearance from Atlanta Center to FL230.
The pilots found the high-altitude clearance amusing, given the C-152's performance limitations.
Atlanta Center quickly corrected their mistake, acknowledging the humor in the erroneous instruction.

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My wife, the captain, and I were flying to AirVenture 2017 in our C-152 in July. We were on an IFR flight plan out of Gainesville, GA (KGVL) and cruising at 5000 feet. We were talking to Atlanta Center.

Centre: “Cessna 1234, cleared to FL230.”

We just looked at each other and laughed. Fairly quickly, we received this.

Center: “Cessna 1234, disregard. I’ll bet you got a kick out of that one.”

Dennis W. Wilt