No, the FCC invented it. I wouldn't have given a damn if they had invented
ANY frequency in the VHF com band, but the FCC has designated 123.4 and
123.45 as Flight Test frequencies. You know, like assembling expensive
aircraft time, engineering time, test pilot time, and all that stuff
together, getting halfway through some critical test where time is a factor,
and having the whole test blown out of the water with Jerknose Joe gabbing
about nothing in particular with Wingman Wally.

You MIGHT ask the pilot of the Coors Silver Bullet BD-5 how much it cost him
when the FCC nailed him using these frequencies as his airshow-to-ground
frequencies.

Capiche?

Jim



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It's quite a popular frequency around the northeastern US. The other day
I heard what sounded like Russian over it. Nobody uses tail numbers
though.