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Key Takeaways:

  • A pilot recounted an ATC exchange during a flight from Minnesota to New Jersey.
  • Near Pittsburg, ATC advised a Baron pilot of traffic, identifying it as the Piper Arrow being flown by the narrator.
  • The Baron pilot humorously responded, "Thanks Pittsburg, we already have him on the fishfinder," implying the Piper Arrow was easily spotted or slow-moving.
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I flew a Piper Arrow recently from Anoka, Minnesota, to Atlantic City, New Jersey. Somewhere near the Pittsburg Class Bravo airspace we were getting traffic advisories…

Approach: Baron N###, traffic is a Piper Arrow at 11 o’clock, 2 miles.

his response…….

Thanks Pittsburg, we already have him on the fishfinder.

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