Short Final

Monday, January 26, 2009 at 12:00 AM ET

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Key Takeaways:

An unknown aircraft experienced severe radio transmission issues near Boca Raton, Florida, making its calls completely garbled.
Boca Raton Tower was unable to understand the aircraft's transmissions, even after a second attempt.
The tower humorously advised the pilot to try another radio, comparing the unreadable sound to the voice of "Charlie Brown's teacher."

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Near Boca Raton, Florida, I heard an unknown airplane call, its transmission totally garbled.

Boca Raton Tower:
“Aircraft calling Boca Raton: Unreadable!”

Unknown Airplane:
[Again, totally garbled.]

Boca Raton Tower:
“Aircraft calling Boca Raton: Suggest trying another radio. You sound like Charlie Brown’s teacher.”

Don Tripp
Tequesta, Florida