Each week in "Short Final," we select the strangest, funniest, or most unusual thing AVweb readers have heard over the radio -- either from other pilots or coming directly from the Air Traffic Control (ATC) tower. Click through to listen in on this week's winner. More
Somewhere over Nevada, returning to Utah from San Jose: ... All the airliners where working hard to find their customers smooth air. There were sigmets for... More
On Wednesday, September 11, 2013, while taxiing to show parking for this years Reno Air Races, we overheard another aircraft's communication with Reno Ground... More
Back in the early '80s, I was making a living flying night-time aerial advertising with a "Skycaster" electronic moving-message sign that spanned the wings... More
While flying IFR with a student in the Connecticut air space, we overheard a pilot with a Deep Southern accent ask the Bradley controller, "Will you let us... More
Mother overheard scolding her son at AirVenture: "So help me God, if you don't straighten out, I am going to send you home on a COMMERCIAL airliner!" Only... More
Your recent "Short Final" reminded me of a funny story I got to participate in about two and a half years ago: ... XXX GND: "Delta 1234, cleared to Yadda via... More
