jspilot
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Went flying today and it was a pretty busy day with lots of planes flying. Was cruising around and heard an interessting exchange between a pilot and ATC. The pilot called up and gave his position as "over captree bridge" a well used reporting point. After about 10 seconds the controller replied and said, "you are like 6 miles east of the bridge," and then gave the guy a hard time about reporting his position inaccurately.
I thought nothing of this at the time but after I landed, I started to wonder how the controller knew the pilot was off on his position. Plus, obviously if the controller was still able to identify the plane despite the pilots inaccurate report I started to think how important it is to be right on with your position report. Guess this is another case of the all knowing voice in the sky.
I thought nothing of this at the time but after I landed, I started to wonder how the controller knew the pilot was off on his position. Plus, obviously if the controller was still able to identify the plane despite the pilots inaccurate report I started to think how important it is to be right on with your position report. Guess this is another case of the all knowing voice in the sky.
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