Short Final

Sunday, July 15, 2007 at 12:00 AM ET

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Key Takeaways:

A student pilot departing Martha's Vineyard contacted Cape Approach to request advisories to New Bedford.
The air traffic controller at Cape Approach responded by revealing they were also a student controller.
Despite both being students, the controller proceeded to provide standard instructions, including a squawk code and an ident request.

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We were leaving Marthas Vineyard when my student nervously contacted Cape Approach:

Cessna 38W: Cape Approach, Cessna Three Eight Whiskey, student pilot departing the Vineyard, requesting advisories to New Bedford.

Cape Approach: Cessna Three Eight Whiskey, Cape Approach. This should be interesting. Im a student controller, squawk 2234, and ident.