Overheard while en route to Hendersonville, NC:
Approach:
“Piper XXX, say destination.”
Piper XXX:
“Destination:
T as in … tail.
R as in … roger.
I as in … um … inside.”
Jeff Brooks
Flushing, MI
Short Final
Key Takeaways:
- An air traffic controller requested a pilot's destination.
- The pilot began to phonetically spell out the destination, starting with "T-R-I".
- For the letter 'I', the pilot used the unusual phonetic choice of "inside".
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