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Thu Dec 21, 2017 11:16 pm

Re: Non-Towered radio calls - Tail Number or description?

I sincerely appreciate everyone's input. Think I'll keep my head on a swivel, use the life size display / windshield, and use the call that seems appropriate for the situation.

And ignore the guy who clicks on saying "Doesn't that plane have a tail number..."

Merry Christmas

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Fri Dec 22, 2017 11:20 am

Re: Non-Towered radio calls - Tail Number or description?

TOA-Cub wrote:...."Yellow Cub" is faster to say, and gives others more information than "Cub 8-1-5". There isnt a wrong or a right (since radios arent required) so go with what makes more sense to you. To me color/type has more value added, nobody cares what my tailnumber is, but they know what a yellow cub looks like.


A guy at my airport makes his radio calls using "Cessna 1-8-5".
He's fooled me more than once when I look for a Skywagon,
since he flies a Cessna 120. The tail number ends in 185.
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Fri Dec 22, 2017 9:22 pm

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Sat Dec 23, 2017 9:36 am

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Hit that dead horse a few more licks for me, Jered.
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Sat Dec 23, 2017 10:19 am

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Wait! This horse ain't dead. I like the sound of my voice on the radio AND the sound my keyboard makes.
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Sat Dec 23, 2017 11:13 pm

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If you can still tell it's a horse you're not done beatin' it.
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