Tuesday joke - Air Traffic NB

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Sorry peeps it's raining and so I thought I would share this:-
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Tower: "Delta 351, you have traffic at 10 o'clock, 6 miles!"

Delta 351: "Give us another hint! We have digital watches!"

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"TWA 2341, for noise abatement turn right 45 Degrees."
"Centre, we are at 35,000 feet. How much noise can we make up here?"
"Sir, have you ever heard the noise a 747 makes when it hits a 727?"
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From an unknown aircraft waiting in a very long takeoff queue: "I'm f...ing bored!" Ground Traffic Control: "Last aircraft transmitting, identify yourself immediately!"
Unknown aircraft: "I said I was f...ing bored, not f...ing stupid!"
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O'Hare Approach Control to a 747: "United 329 heavy, your traffic is a Fokker, one o'clock, three miles, Eastbound."
United 239: Approach, I've always wanted to say this... I've got the little Fokker in sight."
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A student became lost during a solo cross-country flight. While attempting to locate the aircraft on radar, ATC (Air Traffic Control) asked, "What was your last known position?"
Student: "When I was number one for takeoff."
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A DC-10 had come in a little hot and thus had an exceedingly long roll out after touching down.
San Jose Tower Noted: "American 751, make a hard right turn at the end of the runway, if ! you are able. If you are not able, take the Guadeloupe exit off Highway 101, make a right at the lights and return to the airport."
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There's a story about the military pilot calling for a priority landing because his single-engine jet fighter was running "a bit peaked."
Air Traffic Control told the fighter jock that he was number two, behind a B-52 that had one engine shut down.

"Ah," the fighter pilot remarked, "The dreaded seven-engine approach."
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Taxiing down the tarmac, a DC-10 abruptly stopped, turned around and returned to the gate. After an hour-long wait, it finally took off.
A concerned passenger asked the flight attendant, "What, exactly, was the problem?"
"The pilot was bothered by a noise he heard in the engine," explained the flight attendant. "It took us a while to find a new pilot."
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A Pan Am 727 flight waiting for start clearance in Munich overheard the
following:
Lufthansa (in German): "Ground, what is our start clearance time?"
Ground (in English): "If you want an answer you must speak in English."
Lufthansa (in English): "I am a German, flying a German airplane, in Germany. Why must I speak English?"

Unknown voice from another plane (in a beautiful British accent): "Because you lost the bloody war."
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Tower: "Eastern 702, cleared for takeoff, contact Departure on frequency 124.7."
Eastern 702: "Tower, Eastern 702 switching to Departure. By the way, after we lifted off we saw some kind of dead animal on the far end of the runway."

Tower: "Continental 635, cleared for takeoff behind Eastern 702, contact Departure on frequency 124.7. Did you copy that report from Eastern 702?"

Continental 635: "Continental 635, cleared for takeoff, roger; and yes, we copied Eastern... we've already notified our caterers."

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One day the pilot of a Cherokee 180 was told by the tower to hold short of the active runway while a DC-8 landed.>

The DC-8 landed, rolled out, turned around, and taxied back past the Cherokee.

Some quick-witted comedian in the DC-8 crew got on the radio and said, "What a cute little plane. Did you make it all by yourself?"

The Cherokee pilot, not about to let the insult go by, came back with a real zinger: "I made it out of DC-8 parts. Another landing like yours and I'll have enough parts for another one."
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The German air controllers at Frankfurt Airport are renowned as a short-tempered lot. They not only expect one to know one's gate parking location, but how to get there without any assistance from them. So it was with some amusement that we (a Pan Am 747) listened to the following exchange between Frankfurt ground control and a British Airways 747, call sign Speedbird 206.

Speedbird 206: "Frankfurt, Speedbird 206 clear of active runway."

Ground: "Speedbird 206. Taxi to gate Alpha One-Seven."

The BA 747 pulled onto the main taxiway and slowed to a stop.

Ground: "Speedbird, do you not know where you are going?"

Speedbird 206: "Stand by, Ground, I'm looking up our gate location now."

Ground (with quite arrogant impatience): "Speedbird 206, have you not been to Frankfurt before?"

Speedbird 206 (coolly): "Yes, twice in 1944, but it was dark, and I didn't land."

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While taxiing at London's Gatwick Airport, the crew of a US Air flight departing for Ft. Lauderdale made a wrong turn and came nose to nose with a United 727.

An irate female ground controller lashed out at the US Air crew, screaming: "US Air 2771, where the hell are you going?! I told you to turn right onto Charlie taxi way! You turned right on Delta! Stop right there. I know it's difficult for you to tell the difference between C and D, but get it right!"

Continuing her rage to the embarrassed crew, she was now shouting hysterically: "God! Now you've screwed everything up! It'll take forever to sort this out! You stay right there and don't move till I tell you to! You can expect progressive taxi instructions in about half an hour and I want you to go exactly where I tell you, when I tell you, and how I tell you! You got that, US Air 2771?"

Yes, ma'am," the humbled crewman responded.

Naturally, the ground control communications frequency fell terribly silent after the verbal bashing of US Air 2771. Nobody wanted to chance engaging the irate ground controller in her current state of mind. Tension in every cockpit out around Gatwick was definitely running high. Just then an unknown pilot broke the silence and keyed his microphone,asking: "Wasn't I married to you once?
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-"Because you lost the bloody war."-

Brilliant, although our friendly eastern neighbours don't get that joke... most of the times.....


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A friend of mine flies for a major UK airline and tells the following story:

Friend calls ATC on arrival at the holding point ".....ready for departure"

Voice belonging to the pilot of a middle eastern B747 says "I must depart first as I have two princesses on board.."

Friend's captain, (thinking of his stewards) "that's nothing sir, I must go first, I've got 3 queens!"

Callsigns and airline names censored to protect the guilty!

American mispronunciations of British place names are always good for a laugh too: examples that spring to mind are:

Cree-wee (Crewe), Stabs (St Abbs) and my personal favourite - St Ornoway.



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A mate of mine reckons he gave a lift to an Aussie student who wanted to go to Loogabaroo, eventually translated as Loughborough.

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Brimingham runway had been shut for sometime after a heavy downpour of rain. The rain stopped and an aircraft was heard to ask "birmingham control what is the condition of the runway"
Answer came back "damp but ready for ironing"


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Female crew asks tower for air pressure setting
Reply "thats xyz millibars"
Female crew "can I have that in inches please"
Before tower can answer some bright spark replies "don't forget to give to her long and slow"

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Some more that I've pinched off of a long thread on www.pprune.org.uk..

ATC: "ABC 123, have you captured the localiser?"

A/C: "Negative.....but we have it surrounded!"

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ATC: Previous reports a dead dog on taxiway charlie, advises bear left.
XYZ: Roger we see the dead dog, looking for the bear

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Twr: ABCD say your height?
ABCD: Your height!

Twr: ABCD say your heading?
ABCD: Your heading!

Twr: ABCD say IFR plan cancelled
ABCD: FL60, heading 200, ABCD

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And another...

Twr: EFGH, Say your height and position?
EFGH: 6'2" and in the cockpit!
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Late evening ABZ, shortly before airfield closed for the day:- "F***ing DanAir 123 fully established R/W 18"
Tower: "Say again callsign"
"F****ing Dan Air 123"
"Phone ATC please after arrival"
" OK. Please listen to your ATIS before I call"
Loud and clear in background of ATIS recording "When's that f****ing Dan Air 123 going to arrive so we can all go home"


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ATC: "ah can you descend 20,000 feet in the next 18 miles."

Speedbird xx: (in very cultured English voice) "dare say I could old boy but I couldn't bring the aircraft with me."


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One I rather liked from way back in the days when there weren't many female pilots..... and there was still a Dan Air .

Female Dan Air pilot : Gatwick Approach good evening this is Dan Air 123, may we keep our speed up to Mayfield?

Gatwick Approach: Dan Air 123, Gatwick. Yes, you can keep it up as long as you like but we'll bring you off when we're ready......



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....which reminds me of the day when I asked a lady driver in an Air Bridge Carriers Vanguard (God, that makes me sound old!) if I could "turn her on at 9 miles". A very seductive voice replied "sir, I've never had the pleasure but you're welcome to try!"

Also recall at the height of the cold war, early hours of a long night shift, a freecall from a pair of US helicopters "Good morning sir, and how's NATO's second biggest Air Force this morning?". To which my sharp-as-a-razor colleague replied "we're fine thank you sir, and how is the second best?" Dick Alderson take a bow.

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