November 9, 2009 Short Final

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Yellowknife Tower:
"British Airways, this is Yellowknife Control."

[No response.]

[Long pause.]

Yellowknife Tower:
"Cherokee XYZ, this is Yellowknife Control."

Cherokee XYZ:
"Yellowknife, this is XYZ."

Yellowknife Tower:
"We gave you the wrong transponder code on takeoff; please change to 1234."

[Pause.]

Yellowknife Tower:
"We mistook you for British Airways."

Cherokee XYZ:
"Easy mistake."

Chris Holloway
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