Short Final

Sunday, June 24, 2007 at 12:00 AM ET

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Key Takeaways:

A novice student pilot at Shreveport Downtown Airport requested to taxi to a "north practice area," a location typically for airborne flight.
The ground controller, amused, subtly highlighted the impracticality of "taxiing" to such an area.
After a brief misunderstanding, the controller ended the humorous exchange by instructing the pilot to taxi to runway one four.

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Overheard at the Shreveport Downtown (KDTN) Airport, from a student pilot still very green on the radio.

N3AB: Uh, Downtown Ground, this is Cessna Three Alpha Bravo, will be taxiing to the north practice area, negative radar.

Downtown Ground [amused]: Cessna Three Alpha Bravo, I guess that would be quite a long taxi, wouldnt it?

N3AB [after a short pause]: Uh, Downtown Ground, Cessna Three Alpha Bravo, uh, say again?

Ground [chuckling]: Cessna Three Alpha Bravo, never mind, taxi to runway one four.