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Re:Passenger with “no idea how to fly” lands plane after pil... by mlyle on Wednesday May 11, 2022 @11:11PM (#31348863)
I think 1202 is not intended to be a transponder code, but an approximation of 121.5.
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Re:Passenger with “no idea how to fly” lands plane after pil... by buildsjets on Wednesday May 11, 2022 @11:30PM (#31348969)
Could be. I just assumed squawk. (121.5 is the universal emergency VHF audio comm frequency.)
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Re:Passenger with “no idea how to fly” lands plane after pil... by efitz on Thursday May 12, 2022 @01:23PM (#31357121)
Yes, I meant 121.5 but my memory is fuzzy after many years.
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