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Was going to post this in reply to the Experimental type question, but decide it was too much of a thread hijacking.
Do controllers have preferences or guidance as to how call signs should be stated, meaning do you like it when people use make/model/common names for production aircraft... so would you prefer:
"Cessna 12345" vs "Skyhawk 12345" vs "Cutlass 12345"
"Piper 5678" vs "Cherokee 5678" vs "Arrow 5678".
I've used all of these and a lot of times the controllers will reply differently.
I might call up "Cutlass 123 blah blah" and they read back "Cessna 123 cleared blah blah". Or I've had the exact opposite happen at airports where the aircraft is based and the controllers know what the airplane is and they'll respond with the common model name.
Seems common model names make the most sense, since a Cessna 150 is going to have a lot different performance than a Centurion. So I tend to use model names.
Just haven't noticed much rhyme or reason as to which gets used.
Do controllers have preferences or guidance as to how call signs should be stated, meaning do you like it when people use make/model/common names for production aircraft... so would you prefer:
"Cessna 12345" vs "Skyhawk 12345" vs "Cutlass 12345"
"Piper 5678" vs "Cherokee 5678" vs "Arrow 5678".
I've used all of these and a lot of times the controllers will reply differently.
I might call up "Cutlass 123 blah blah" and they read back "Cessna 123 cleared blah blah". Or I've had the exact opposite happen at airports where the aircraft is based and the controllers know what the airplane is and they'll respond with the common model name.
Seems common model names make the most sense, since a Cessna 150 is going to have a lot different performance than a Centurion. So I tend to use model names.
Just haven't noticed much rhyme or reason as to which gets used.