Whats the funniest thing you have ever heard over the radio??
05-22-2007, 02:21 PM
#341
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Posts: 102
My instructor and I were doing pattern work at KHFD on a very busy Saturday afternoon. Lots of students in the pattern, lots of arrivals and departures. A call comes in, a girl's voice:
ACFT: "Brainard tower, Cessna XXX dee doubleyou."
TWR: "Cessna XXX delta whiskey, Brainard tower.
Pause.
ACFT: "I mean delta whiskey, I'm sorry..."
My instuctor laughs and says, "Oh good, a student from Daniel Webster on a solo cross country. This should be good."
TWR: "Cessna XXX delta whiskey say intentions."
Pause.
ACFT: "I'm sorry. Cessna XXX delta whiskey................ten miles south."
Pause.
TWR: "Cessna XXX delta whiskey say intentions."
ACFT: "Sorry--landing."
TWR: "X delta whiskey do you have Juliet?"
ACFT: "Yes--I'm--sorry, landing with information Juliet."
TWR: "Roger, Cessna X delta whiskey report a 2 mile final runway 2."
ACFT: "Cessna XXX delta whiskey."
My instructor and I do a couple of touch and goes as delta whiskey makes her way north.
ACFT: "2 mile final. I think it's 2 miles..."
TWR: "Aircraft reporting 2 mile final say call sign."
ACFT: "I'm sorry--Cessna XXX delta whiskey, 2 mile final."
TWR: "Roger, Cessna X delta whiskey cleared to land runway 2."
ACFT: "Thank you."
Pause
ACFT: "I'm sorry--roger."
Now, directly across the CT river from Brainard's rwy 2/20 is Rentchsler Field, a closed airport. Big yellow X's and everything.
Pause.
TWR: "Cessna X delta whiskey, do you have the field in sight?"
ACFT: "Yes, roger."
TWR: "Cessna X delta whiskey, uh, I think you're about to land on the wroooooonnng runway!"
My instructor says, "There she goes!" And sure enough, she's on very short final for runway X on the wrong side of the river.
ACFT: "Oh! Oh! I'm really, really sorry!!"
And she powered up and just flew away. Never did land. For all I know she's still up there.
ACFT: "Brainard tower, Cessna XXX dee doubleyou."
TWR: "Cessna XXX delta whiskey, Brainard tower.
Pause.
ACFT: "I mean delta whiskey, I'm sorry..."
My instuctor laughs and says, "Oh good, a student from Daniel Webster on a solo cross country. This should be good."
TWR: "Cessna XXX delta whiskey say intentions."
Pause.
ACFT: "I'm sorry. Cessna XXX delta whiskey................ten miles south."
Pause.
TWR: "Cessna XXX delta whiskey say intentions."
ACFT: "Sorry--landing."
TWR: "X delta whiskey do you have Juliet?"
ACFT: "Yes--I'm--sorry, landing with information Juliet."
TWR: "Roger, Cessna X delta whiskey report a 2 mile final runway 2."
ACFT: "Cessna XXX delta whiskey."
My instructor and I do a couple of touch and goes as delta whiskey makes her way north.
ACFT: "2 mile final. I think it's 2 miles..."
TWR: "Aircraft reporting 2 mile final say call sign."
ACFT: "I'm sorry--Cessna XXX delta whiskey, 2 mile final."
TWR: "Roger, Cessna X delta whiskey cleared to land runway 2."
ACFT: "Thank you."
Pause
ACFT: "I'm sorry--roger."
Now, directly across the CT river from Brainard's rwy 2/20 is Rentchsler Field, a closed airport. Big yellow X's and everything.
Pause.
TWR: "Cessna X delta whiskey, do you have the field in sight?"
ACFT: "Yes, roger."
TWR: "Cessna X delta whiskey, uh, I think you're about to land on the wroooooonnng runway!"
My instructor says, "There she goes!" And sure enough, she's on very short final for runway X on the wrong side of the river.
ACFT: "Oh! Oh! I'm really, really sorry!!"
And she powered up and just flew away. Never did land. For all I know she's still up there.
05-22-2007, 03:57 PM
#344
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Joined APC: May 2007
Posts: 56
Yup, a classic blunder around here. Dangerous, too, because the straight in to Rentchsler from the south cuts right through the base/xwind legs for 2/20 and right under the downwinds. We were all lucky that day. She was basically going the wrong way on a one way street.
05-23-2007, 07:00 AM
#345
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Joined APC: Oct 2005
Position: Executive Transport Driver
Posts: 3,080
Had this exchange leaving early one morning for IAD:
Portland (ME) Tower: "Blue Ridge 1569, climb and maintain one zero thousand, cleared for takeoff runway 29."
US: "Cleared for takeoff, Blue Ridge 1569."
PWM Tower: "Blue Ridge 1569, radar contact leaving one thousand three hundred, proceed direct Boston, maintain 250 knots or slower- in trail spacing to Dulles"
We flew 250 knots the whole way to IAD...
05-23-2007, 01:33 PM
#346
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Posts: 172
05-23-2007, 07:27 PM
#348
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Position: B737 FO
Posts: 68
Went flying today to Sedona,AZ to grab some dinner. On the way back, we're picking up the ATIS for Prescott. Everything normal, information is Echo. But when we get to the end of the ATIS we hear "advise on initial contact you have information ECHO Echo echo."
We thought it was hilarious so we had to make our initial callup with information echo echo. A different controller cut the ATIS so our callup might be the reason they didnt' call us back for a few minutes. That and they were using the single crosswind runway 12/30 on a busy day.
Not as funny as some of the others, but I still thought it was worth sharing.
The other story I have is one a teacher told me once. He was a controller for the US Navy in Hawaii. On his last day, he had to cut the ATIS. Information Bravo was next, but since it was his last day, he decided to change it to Information Balls. Apparently the best part was all the fighter guys calling up with "we got balls."
We thought it was hilarious so we had to make our initial callup with information echo echo. A different controller cut the ATIS so our callup might be the reason they didnt' call us back for a few minutes. That and they were using the single crosswind runway 12/30 on a busy day.
Not as funny as some of the others, but I still thought it was worth sharing.
The other story I have is one a teacher told me once. He was a controller for the US Navy in Hawaii. On his last day, he had to cut the ATIS. Information Bravo was next, but since it was his last day, he decided to change it to Information Balls. Apparently the best part was all the fighter guys calling up with "we got balls."
05-24-2007, 06:26 AM
#349
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Joined APC: May 2007
Posts: 172
Was listening to JFK ground yesterday when some jet pilot came on the the radio.
"We're 1.5hrs overdue on our proposed depature time and still would still like to go."
Or this JetBlue Captain:
B6: JFK ground B6 **** ready to taxi.
Ground: B6 I don't have any paperwork on you. Did you get a full route clearance?
B6: Yes we did..........(the captain rambles off the depature with their first fix.)
Ground: That's not a full route clearance.
B6: (silent)
"We're 1.5hrs overdue on our proposed depature time and still would still like to go."
Or this JetBlue Captain:
B6: JFK ground B6 **** ready to taxi.
Ground: B6 I don't have any paperwork on you. Did you get a full route clearance?
B6: Yes we did..........(the captain rambles off the depature with their first fix.)
Ground: That's not a full route clearance.
B6: (silent)
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