Short Final

Editorial Staff

Sunday, July 16, 2006 at 12:00 AM ET

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Key Takeaways:

An air traffic control tower attempted to guide a pilot (N12345) to locate nearby traffic.
Despite updated directions, the pilot struggled to spot the traffic, reporting only "birds" in the vicinity.
The tower controller humorously suggested that one of the "birds" must have a transponder, implying the pilot was mistaking another aircraft.

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Seeing is believing… Overheard while in the pattern at FNT:

Tower: N12345 traffic at your one o’clock.

N12345: Looking for traffic.

Tower: N12345 traffic now … your traffic at three o’clock.

N12345: Still looking. I only see birds over there.

Tower: Well, look close. One of them has a transponder in it.

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