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Key Takeaways:

  • An air traffic controller asked a pilot how their instrument approach to San Luis Obispo would "terminate."
  • The pilot of Beech 633 humorously responded that they hoped the approach would "terminate successfully."
  • The anecdote captures a lighthearted moment of witty banter between a pilot and air traffic control.
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Overheard in IFR Magazine's 'On the Air' Section
Overheard in IFR Magazine‘s “On the Air”

I heard this one over California:

Los Angeles Center:
“Beech 633, cleared for the approach to San Luis Obispo.”

Beech 633:
“Cleared for the approach.”

Los Angeles Center:
“Beech 633, how will this approach terminate?”

Beech 633:
“Successfully, we hope.”


Emery Stephens
White Plains, NY

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