Short Final: Niner-Niner

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Key Takeaways:

  • A Cirrus pilot checked in with Madison Approach near Wisconsin Dells at 5,000 feet.
  • The air traffic controller provided an altimeter setting.
  • The pilot read back the altimeter setting as "Two-niner-niner-niner," audibly articulating each digit.
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Scanner chatter heard near Wisconsin Dells:

“Madison Approach, Cirrus one-niner-niner-Echo-Echo checking in at 5,000.”

[Scanner can’t pick up Approach, but controller apparently gave the altimeter setting at the Dells.]

Cirrus pilot says with a straight face, or so it would seem: “Two-niner-niner-niner for niner-niner-Echo-Echo.”

Tom Enwright

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