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Because many letters sounds similar, the "Aviation Alphabet" is used to reduce confusion when talking over the radio.

Phonetic pronunciation of digits:

1 ... Wun

2 ... Too

3 ... Tree

4 ... Fow-Er

5 ... Fife

6 ... Six

7 ... Sev-en

8 ... Ait

9 ... Nin-er

0 ... Zee-ro

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