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Key Takeaways:

  • The article presents an amusing anecdote from an email contributor, Shawn Byers.
  • It recounts a pilot's radio transmission that unexpectedly formed a rhyme: "Line up and wait... Runway 28... Cirrus 188."
  • The author noted the pilot's deliberate pauses, suggesting the pilot also recognized and enjoyed the rhyming nature of the call.
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This gave me a little chuckle because it rhymed so well. The pilot knew too, as he said it with pauses:

Line up and wait…
Runway 28…
Cirrus 188


Shawn Byers
via e-mail

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