PING
The one about the DC-10 and San Jose is true. A disabled friend used to listen to the chatter from the airport and overheard it. BTW American operated DC-10’s out of San Jose for years. It has relatively short runways - especially the Main.
Thanks!
An oldie:
ATC: “N123YZ, say altitude.”
N123YZ: “ALTITUDE!”
ATC: “N123YZ, say airspeed.”
N123YZ: “AIRSPEED!”
ATC: “N123YZ, say cancel IFR.”
N123YZ: “Eight thousand feet, one hundred fifty knots indicated.”
Love this!
Bump
A pilot landed in Berlin, he asked for detailed taxi instructions. The controller asked “Have you never been to Berlin before?” Pilot responded, “Yes, many times, years ago. But it was at night, and we did not land!”
LMFAO PING
SR-71 speed check...
https://tribunist.com/technology/sr-71-blackbird-pilot-trolls-arrogant-fighter-pilot-with-ground-speed-check/
A C5A pilot friend of mine shared a story of when he was at either Ramstein or Frankfurt awaiting clearance.
Lufthansa pilot on clearance frequency: “ATC, Lufthansa Schwer um Freigabe.”
ATC: “Lufthansa Heavy, you must request clearance in English.”
Lufthansa: “Why? I am a German, in Germany, at a German airport. Why do I need to request clearance in English?”
ATC: “Maybe it is because they won the war.”
REALLY, REALLY OLD.........was posted decades ago......
Bookmark! As expected, the wit and sarcasm level is better in aviation!
Thank You, I needed that!!!
Good ones!
What happened to the joke about the British Airways pilot and the Frankfurt airport tower?
These are hilarious and I don’t even know much about planes.
>ping to list
I’m sitting in a darkroom on a mountain top in Vietnam when a flight of F-4’s check in on my frequency. “Portcall, Hammer 51 (pronounced five one) 345 for 60 off channel 71 and we have the numbers.”
“Roger Hammer 51, Portcall 24, squawk flash for positive ID. Weather is winds from west at 10 knots and temperature 91.”
“Rogers Port call, I said WE HAVE THE NUMBERS.”
OK I had been controlling for several months and this was the first time anyone had played this card on me. “Roger, radar contact.”
Pretty soon on my freq, “Portcall, Sharkbait 21, 270 for 45 off channel 71.”
“Roger Sharkbait 21, Portcall 24, squawk flash for positive ID, Do you have the numbers?”
Very long pause and finally this weak voice (probably the GIB) comes back, “Roger Portcall, tail numbers are 63-7542.” When I got off scope we were all laughing about it and it never happened again.
Might be old but still good for a laugh.
thanks.