Heard yesterday, around 10am EST:
Melbourne Centre Q Link seventy nine delta taxis Mildura...
(I gave up counting the number of “of the field”s I heard from numerous pilots.
In the interests of education, please note everyone stooging around VFR that you are allowed to say this:
“Kickatinalong traffic, Jizzler Alpha Bravo Charlie is one two miles South, inbound at three thousand five hundred, circuit area at one seven, Kickatinalong.”
..instead of this:
“Kickatinalong traffic this is Jizzler Alpha Bravo Charlie. I’m currently one two nautical miles South of the field, inbound at three thousand five hundred feet and estimating the circuit area at seventeen minutes past the hour, Kickatinalong traffic.”
The first version conveys exactly the same information as the second, without clogging up the airwaves for as long.
If and when there’s a ‘low level’ multicom of 126.7 and a default CTAF of 126.7, brevity will become even more important.)