Amusing VHF videos

[Nick_H]

These may well have been posted before, but i hadn't seen them, and they are quite funny.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=j9pVCFYndFg

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=YQqyeWBZrLQ

 

[Ripster]

Superb. Heard the 2nd one before but not the first. Anyway - still made I laugh

 

[sprocker]

Excellent. Made me laugh!

 

[Hurricane]

Thanks for posting, Nick

I know it isn't connected to VHF but they reminded me of a very old speech given at a banking conference by an Air Traffic Controller.
Goes back to the Concorde days.
I couldn't stop laughing when I first heard it.

Here it is on Youtube - sound only of course
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KbUNzi58wM

 

[BruceK]

That was brilliant and very entertaining H. Thanks for posting.

 

[Whitelighter]

Ah David Gunson - what a legend.

 

[peterandjeanette]

Thanks Mike. That brought back memories. I was actually at the Solihull Round Table meeting when that was recorded.

Met David Gunson on several occaisions afterwards during my time as a pilot. Totally agree with his assessment of flying helicopters. Even went to the West Drayton air traffic control centre once. Fascinating.

 

[Sandmartin]

Traveling down the upper Rhine, the river/canal follows the boarder between France and Germany. some locks are are German controled and some French. On approaching one lock I radio requested transit of the lock in my best schoolboy French. The reply was, you can ask in English, you can ask in German, but do not ask in French. On another occasion in Holland I radioed requesting a lift bridge to open, After 3 requests and no answer the controler eventualy replied, in English - I will not lift the bridge until you pronouce the name of the bridge and my beautiful town correctly, try again. So the Germans and Dutch also have a sense of humour.

 

[rafiki_]

Great stuff guys, many thanks.