When flying from from Osceola, Wisc., to Mattoon, Ill., on our way to Florida, the following conversations took place with Peoria Approach.
Peoria Approach: “Cherokee One One Two Seven X-Ray, descend and maintain 6000 for traffic.”
On The Air: June 2010
When flying from from Osceola, Wisc., to Mattoon, Ill., on our way to Florida, the following conversations took place with Peoria Approach.Peoria Approach: Cherokee One One Two Seven X-Ray, descend and maintain 6000 for traffic.Me: From 7000 to 6000, One One Two Seven X-Ray.Approach: Baron Four Four Six Two Seven, climb and maintain 8000 for traffic.Baron 44627: Climb and maintain 8000. Six Two Seven.Approach: Bonanza Seven Seven Seven Kilo Zulu, you have a Cherokee at 6000 12 oclock and a Baron at 8000 10 oclock. Baron: It sounds crowded here.Approach: I only have three aircraft this morning and all of you managed to converge at 7000. So I have to move two of you.
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