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Old July 12th 07, 08:28 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
Ridge
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I'm flying along VFR this morning happily tracking south on a radial towards
LDN.

Departure calls and tells me it's OK to begin my turn west to LDN.

That makes me wonder why he thinks LDN is to my west.

A quick check of my NAV frequency gives me the answer, I have it tuned to
CSN not LDN.

Boy do I feel like a knucklehead rookie.

I switched to the LDN freq. and thanked the controller for his help.

I like it when they try to ask the question in a way that doesn't cause too
much embarrassment.

Thanks!


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Old July 12th 07, 09:41 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
B A R R Y
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On Thu, 12 Jul 2007 15:28:58 -0400, "Ridge"
wrote:
I like it when they try to ask the question in a way that doesn't cause too
much embarrassment.


Me too...

The ol' "What's your on-course heading?" G

I got that last week, where a controller actually had the wrong
destination in mind for me. We both got a chuckle!
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Old July 12th 07, 09:56 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
kontiki
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Ridge wrote:
I'm flying along VFR this morning happily tracking south on a radial towards
LDN.

Departure calls and tells me it's OK to begin my turn west to LDN.

That makes me wonder why he thinks LDN is to my west.

A quick check of my NAV frequency gives me the answer, I have it tuned to
CSN not LDN.


Good habit to always check the VOR ident. I know morse code so its
a no brainer but the 'dits' and 'dahs' are on the sectional.
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Old July 12th 07, 11:57 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
Hilton
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I like it when they try to ask the question in a way that doesn't cause
too much embarrassment.


Is there anything special I can get for you today?

Hilton


 




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