I heard him, or one of his friends, doing Jimmy Stewart once with Albany.
ATC informed him that he could be cleared to direct Bedford Falls. He
replied it must have been his friend Harvey who requested the change, and
that he would prefer his current clearance.

At the time, I had been pretty stressed out. As a low-time pilot, I had just
picked up my first plane, and was ferrying it home. I had put down due to
deteriorating weather and rough terrain. I called flight services and they
said It was clear to the north, and I could follow one of the finger lakes
to clear skies.

The radio banter did a lot to calm me down.


"Matt Barrow" wrote in message
...

"Dave Butler" wrote in message
news:1116277026.626385@sj-nntpcache-3...
Bucky wrote:

- It seems that there is no authentication/security, the parties just
identify themselves. Have there been cases of troublemakers making
false impersonations?

Yes, there have been cases, but they are rare.


I used to work with a fellow who did impersonations on the air. He's come
on
once as Kirk Douglas, then John Wayne, then Burt Lancaster, then Elvis...

I don't think that's what you mean by "impersonations", though, but ATC
didn't seem to mind.


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Matt
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Matthew W. Barrow
Site-Fill Homes, LLC.
Montrose, CO