Mildly Interesting

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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 35 points 1 year ago (9 children)

"honey, Joe's wife is sick, can you take care of control tower duty today?"

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago (7 children)

These little strips don't use a tower. Pilots communicate with each other on unicom.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

unicom

First thing I thought of reading on this tiny screen: 🦄

We need a community for keming.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No, you read it right, UNICOM

Or UNIversal COMmunications

Also known as CTAF, or

Common Traffic Advisory Frequency.

Basically the frequency you use when you're in uncontrolled airspace.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

They read it as unicor n hence the emoji.

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