On The Air: April 2010

My wife and I were on final to Runway 16 at my home airport, Pickens County, Ga., when another airplane taxied onto the runway without communicating on the radio. With country-western music on the XM, I went missed and politely suggested over the radio that the offending pilot might use his radio, too.

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Tuesday, January 06, 2015 at 12:00 AM ET

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The article presents a series of humorous anecdotes and unusual exchanges between pilots and air traffic control.
Incidents include miscommunication, unexpected pilot actions, and controllers displaying a human touch or sense of humor.
These stories illustrate the lighter and sometimes quirky side of aviation radio communications.

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My wife and I were on final to Runway 16 at my home airport, Pickens County, Ga., when another airplane taxied onto the runway without communicating on the radio.With country-western music on the XM, I went missed and politely suggested over the radio that the offending pilot might use his radio, too.

While there was never any danger, my wife, who is not a country-western music lover, remarked, “Please don’t let me die with country-western music playing.”