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Key Takeaways:

  • An air traffic controller recognized a green Cessna 210 in his sector because it was hangared near his own aircraft.
  • He asked the pilot if the plane was indeed green.
  • The controller humorously explained his question by claiming he was "just checking our new color radar."
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A controller I know has his personal aircraft hangered at the local Muni airport. Facing his hangar is another that houses a Green Cessna 210. One day that Cessna came into his sector. My controller friend recognized the N number and the exchange follows…

Controller: N123, is that airplane painted green?

Pilot: Uh, yes. …Why?

Controller: Just checking our new color radar.

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