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On the Air April 2023

Gemini Sparkle

Key Takeaways:

  • A pilot humorously noted a sequence of rock-and-roll-themed waypoints on a flight route near the Rockies.
  • Another pilot inadvertently broadcast his complaints about ATC before receiving a job offer for accurately explaining an IDENT request, highlighting the perils of hot mics.
  • A third pilot found amusement in a NOTAM specifying "decent maneuvers," pointing out a quirky observation in aviation communications.
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When I fly commercial, I usually grab the filed route from FlightAware and pop it into my EFB to follow along during the trip. On a recent flight from Fort Lauderdale to Denver, I noticed the waypoints after Liberal, Kansas were:

HALEN-KOORN-IDOLL-NIXX-HAGGR-BSTON-BOSSS-DEN.

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