On the Air July 2023

Editorial Staff

Monday, June 12, 2023 at 09:46 PM ET

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Key Takeaways:

Pilots recounted humorous aviation radio exchanges, including a pilot confusing "right" and "left" directions and another repeatedly asking Air Traffic Control to spell out "Atlanta."
The article featured stories of unique and honorific navigational fix names, such as those honoring Tuskegee Airman Brigadier General Charles McGee.
Pilots encountered new or renamed airports and facilities, like the Jacqueline Cochran Regional Airport which pilots humorously shortened, and the newly consolidated NorCal Approach.

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Flying into the Class D Purdue University Airport (home of the Purdue Boilermakers), I heard tower say, “N1234 enter right downwind for Runway 28.”

A few minutes later the tower said, “N1234, I know you’re from Bloomington (home of Indiana Hoosiers), but it’s your other right.”

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