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by :FI:Falcon » Fri May 09, 2008 5:36 pm
I'm not military, but when ATC/etc. talks to more than one ac, it's kinna like this ...
Flight Leader: "Spit lead turning right to two fife zero, climb to one-two thousand."
Spitfire 2: "Spit two, two fife zero, one-two thousand."
Spitfire 3: "Spit three, two fife zero, climb one-two thousand."
Spitfire 4: "Spit four, two fife zero, one-two thousand."
This confirms that:
- each pilot got the info
- each pilot got the correct info
Simply saying, "roger" and "affirm.", don't do this. Now, every lead/flight/service/country/whatever have there own preferences, but this is a basic tenet.
Falcon
"He who warned, uh, the British that they weren't gonna be takin' away our arms, uh, by ringing those bells, and um, makin' sure as he's riding his horse through town to send those warning shots and bells that we were going to be sure and we were going to be free, and we were going to be armed."
- The history of Paul Revere's
midnight ride, by Sarah Palin.