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Key Takeaways:

  • A C-152 flying to AirVenture 2017 received an erroneous clearance to FL230 from Atlanta Center.
  • Both the pilots and air traffic control found humor in the impossible clearance, with ATC quickly retracting and acknowledging the mistake.
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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
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