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this post was submitted on 11 Sep 2023
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Mildly Interesting
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This is for strictly mildly interesting material. If it's too interesting, it doesn't belong. If it's not interesting, it doesn't belong.
This is obviously an objective criteria, so the mods are always right. Or maybe mildly right? Ahh.. what do we know?
Just post some stuff and don't spam.
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"honey, Joe's wife is sick, can you take care of control tower duty today?"
These little strips don't use a tower. Pilots communicate with each other on unicom.
First thing I thought of reading on this tiny screen: 🦄
We need a community for keming.
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.
They read it as unicor n hence the emoji.