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Key Takeaways:

  • The author, Shawn Byers, found an aviation communication amusing due to an unexpected rhyme.
  • The humorous rhyme occurred between the instruction "Line up and wait," the runway "Runway 28," and the aircraft callsign "Cirrus 188."
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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
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