Air Traffic Control Clearance Tail 
One Mile at a Time
SEPTEMBER 10, 2024
the wing of an Airbus A350 taxiing out as DL295 from Atlanta to Tokyo-Haneda made contact with the tail of an Endeavor Air CRJ-900, DL5526 to LaFayette, Louisiana, on an adjacent taxiway, resulting in damage to the tail of the regional jet and the wing of the A350. The pictures of the damage to the CRJ-900 are kind of wild.
One Mile at a Time
JULY 29, 2024
So the pilot of the first Delta jet advised air traffic control they’d need a minute to crunch the numbers on takeoff performance: Delta 1304 pilot: “Right now, for Delta 1304, we got four knots too much on the tailwind. Air traffic controller: “Delta 2046, that’s fine… and you have access now?”
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Flight Training Central
FEBRUARY 23, 2024
For an instrument pilot, though, there is one key difference between a smaller, non-towered airport and a larger one with an air traffic control tower: obtaining an IFR clearance. Call for your IFR clearance, including route, altitude, and transponder code. Call on the phone In ancient times (i.e.,
Pilot Institute
SEPTEMBER 26, 2024
Before entering Class C airspace, pilots must receive clearance from Air Traffic Control (ATC). Give ATC a brief but informative transmission with the following information: The kind and tail number of the aircraft. Before flying into Class C airspace, a pilot must obtain a clearance from ATC.
Photographic Logbook
OCTOBER 10, 2023
When I contacted Rochester Approach, the controller came back with, "Are you looking for your clearance to College Park?" I answered in the affirmative, received my clearance, and was given a climb to 6,000 feet as the rain streaked over my windscreen. I gave my tail number and destination. "Oh, Where is that?"
One Mile at a Time
OCTOBER 8, 2024
Several weeks ago, we saw a bizarre incident in Atlanta, whereby one aircraft collided with another, and sliced off its tail. ATC: “You know, I just noticed that the tail on the RJ is missing. Unknown voice: “The whole tail of that CRJ is off.” While we had a general sense of what unfolded, we didn’t know what the cause was.
Photographic Logbook
JULY 6, 2024
I think this because whenever multiple aircraft depart Sodus bound for the same destination, we almost always pique the curiosity of air traffic control. Long story short, when I received my clearance that evening, it was to my originally intended BELTS waypoint.) What's going on at X today?" Jerry and Ed. Photo by Jerry.
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