Short Final: Tomahawk

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Key Takeaways:

  • A pilot flying a Tomahawk aircraft contacted Baltimore Approach after a front had passed.
  • The Air Traffic Controller expressed surprise upon learning the pilot was flying a Tomahawk.
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I took off from Erie after a major front had passed through much of Pennsylvania and Baltimore and was tracking northeast across Pennsylvania. I ducked underneath the clouds and was flying IFR in mostly VMC with a few scattered clouds. I checked in with Baltimore Approach and it went like this:

Me: “Baltimore Approach, Tomahawk N1234 checking in.”

Approach (in a stage whisper): “A Tomahawk? You’re up there in a Tomahawk?”

Steve Wilcoxson
Phoenix, MD

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