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Overheard in IFR Magazine‘s “On the Air” While on a Bay tour near San Francisco, a Cessna 172 pilot received an instruction from San Francisco tower to turn to a heading of 120 degrees for noise abatement. Cessna:“Noise abatement?” ATC:“Yeah. Did you ever hear the sound a Cessna makes when it hits a 747?” Richard Bertolivia e-mail

Overheard in IFR Magazine's 'On the Air' Section
Overheard in IFR Magazine's "On the Air"

While on a Bay tour near San Francisco, a Cessna 172 pilot received an instruction from San Francisco tower to turn to a heading of 120 degrees for noise abatement.

Cessna:
"Noise abatement?"

ATC:
"Yeah. Did you ever hear the sound a Cessna makes when it hits a 747?"

Richard Bertoli
via e-mail