Jay Maynard wrote in
:

On 2008-03-15, Jay Honeck wrote:
I used to fly a Cessna Cutlass. When I checked in using that type,
controllers often came back with "November xxxxx" because they
seldom heard that type, I suppose...or they said "Douglas xxxxx" or
"Cardinal xxxxx" or some such.
We long ago gave up saying "Pathfinder November five six niner nine
tree" -- all you get is a lot of "What's that?" from controllers.
We just say "Dakota five six niner niner tree" now, and they all get
it.

I'm curious to see what the reactions to "Zodiac five five zulu
charlie" will be. There's not much I can replace it with.

What do I tell ATC when they ask what that is? (Aside from "my
airplane", of course.)


Normally it's "experimental" for a homebuilt.

Bertie