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you don't have to work in aviation to write stuff here...
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No , but it helps....
R/T Transcript from a german airport TWR :
A/C : TWR, we have just seen a Fox crossing the runway in front of us !..
TWR : Yes we know him , it is the local airport fox, he is well trained and transponder equipped , when clear of it, you are clear for take off, wind is calm , have a good day....
Where the word airmiss comes from.
Probably in 1904, when Orville in the Flyer 1 almost hit Wilbur in the Flyer 2 , when they landed they just said "S#@t we "nearly missed "each other ! The expression sticked from then on.