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Key Takeaways:

  • A pilot issued an instruction to an aircraft that amusingly rhymed: "Line up and wait... Runway 28... Cirrus 188."
  • The author found the phonetic play amusing, noting the pilot's deliberate pauses in delivery.
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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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