Short Final: More Information, Please
Overheard on the airwaves, somewhere, sometime … maybe: Air Traffic Controller: “Cessna 1234X, say position.” Student Pilot [on first solo cross-country]: “I’m, ahhhh, approaching the XYZ VOR.” Air Traffic Controller…
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Overheard on the airwaves, somewhere, sometime ... maybe:
Air Traffic Controller: “Cessna 1234X, say position.”
Student Pilot [on first solo cross-country]: “I’m, ahhhh, approaching the XYZ VOR.”
Air Traffic Controller (after a brief slow burn): “You’ve been approaching the XYZ VOR since you took off. Can you be more specific?”
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