Short Final

Gemini Sparkle

Key Takeaways:

  • An air traffic controller asked a pilot about the number of "souls on board."
  • The pilot humorously responded with "Two S-O-Bs."
  • This reply was a play on words, correctly signifying "Souls On Board" while sounding like an expletive.
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Overheard at Page Field Airport (FMY):

FMY Approach:
“Grumman 1 Romeo X-ray, how many souls on board?”

Grumman 1RX:
“Two S-O-Bs.”


Tony G.
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