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Gemini Sparkle

Key Takeaways:

  • A young-sounding pilot used standard aviation phraseology ("Whiskey") to indicate receipt of ATIS information.
  • The air traffic controller humorously misinterpreted "Whiskey" as an alcoholic beverage, questioning the pilot's age.
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Overheard on the ground while taxiing with a lot of training traffic around the pattern:

C1234P (a very young-sounding female voice) :
“Fullerton Tower, Cessna 1234P is at FBO with Whiskey; request taxi to Runway 24.”

Tower:
“Uh, are you old enough to have Whiskey?”


John Duino
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