On the air.
Publication Date: 01-SEP-07
Publication Title: IFR
Format: Online
Author: Holley, C. Wayne ; Klebanoff, Mark ; Parkhurst, Richard ; Hutcheson, Marc ; Temesvary, Peter

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Flying my Cessna 182 on a severeclear day to Titusville, Fla., (KTIX) I called in 10 miles northwest:

Me: "Titusville Tower, Skylane Nine Seven Zero Three Six, 10 miles to the northwest with the field in sight, full stop, with weather."

Tower: "Skylane Zero Three Six, cleared for the visual, Runway 18."

A moment later ...

Tower: "Skylane Zero Three Six, I don't have you in sight yet. Where are you?"

Me: "I'm about five miles north of the field, at 2000 feet."

Tower: "You're not trying to land at the shuttle runway at Cape Canaveral, are you?"

Me...

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