On The Air: May 2015

My wife and I flew in our Cessna Cardinal from our home base at Dutchess County Airport to Wallkill, NY for dinner. After dinner, we took off VFR without talking to Departure, since New York is always so busy. We did a practice ILS to Runway 3 at Montgomery/Orange County, an airport not far south, and then started the few miles back home, skirting around the Class D at Stewart International.

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Monday, April 06, 2015 at 12:00 AM ET

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The article presents a collection of humorous and friendly radio exchanges between pilots and air traffic controllers, highlighting the human and often relaxed side of aviation communication.
Anecdotes include controllers making lighthearted remarks about empty skies or approving "all deviations," pilots sharing personal reasons for flight changes, and humorous interactions regarding differing aircraft speeds.
It also features a list of creatively named aviation fixes (e.g., BOSOX, LBSTA) and concludes with an appeal for more reader-submitted stories and memorable radio moments.

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About eight miles northwest of Stewart I decided to call New York Approach and request a practice approach into Dutchess County. The controller answered right away with a squawk code and confirmed our location. I told him what we wanted and he gave us a heading to intercept the localizer.