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Target Iditarod Teacher on the Trail™ IndiaDeltaIndiaTangoAlphaRomeoOscarDelta
by Jane Blaile
Have you ever used walkie-talkies? If so, then you probably know that sometimes it is very difficult to clearly understand someone on the other end. Well, pilots have to talk over the radio all the time. So, when pilots need to identify planes or to clarify what is being said, they don't just say letters to spell it out, they use words to identify the letters of the alphabet. I heard my first pilot for the Jr. Iditarod using this code, and he gave me a copy. Here is the universal phonetic alphabet:
Alpha
Bravo
Charlie
Delta
Echo
Fox
Gulf
Hotel
India
Juliet
Kilo
Lima
Mike
November
Oscar
Papa
Quebec
Romeo
Sierra
Tango
Uniform
Victor
Whiskey
X-ray
Yankee
Zulu
How it works, is you say each word that starts with the letter you are trying to give. For example, "hotel, echo, lima, lima, oscar" spells "hello". So what do the words in the title of this message say?
