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Key Takeaways:

  • An air traffic controller at Hanscom Air Force Base instructed a Westwind aircraft to "taxi into position and hold."
  • The pilot humorously responded with "Roger - assume the position," playfully altering the standard phraseology.
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Overheard in IFR Magazine's 'On the Air' Section
Overheard in IFR Magazine‘s “On the Air”

I heard this at Hanscom Air Force Base (Bedford, Massachusetts):

Tower:
“Westwind Two Three Four, taxi into position and hold.”

Westwind 234:
“Roger – assume the position.”

Don Druga
Lexington, Massachusetts

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