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Old October 20th 09, 05:18 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
Ross
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Default an interesting in flight experiment

John Clear wrote:
In article ,
jan olieslagers wrote:
Ross schreef:
I ... squawked the aircraft upon landing.

Ross, what do you mean by "squawking a plane upon landing?"
I only know the verb in a transponder context.


Squawk in this usage is a maintenance issue. In the US, it is
common for a plane to have a 'squawk sheet' aka maintenance log
that pilots can note issues on.

If the transponder wasn't working, you'd squawk it for not squawking.

Isn't English fun?

John


That was good!

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