Posted on 12/10/2004 2:44:08 PM PST by CHARLITE
Too bad there are no examples of radio exchanges at any French airport.
Bump.
LOL ping.
no prob... I love flying and all thing avaition...but I still get white knuckles at times too! :)
Serious? Ok, here goes....
A B52 has 8 engines (4 to a wing) and the fighter jet had only one. His brillantly sarcastic quip was a perfect example of a jet jockey ponting to the percieved arrogance of the Buffs' "bus driver" mentality. Declare an emergency when 1/8 of the Buffs engines are out versus his 100% problem with his only engine. This is pretty typical of the banter that goes back and forth between the differnt types of aircrews out there.
Hopefully, my flame retardant underwear will protect me from all of the "bus drivers" I just po'ed out there in freeperland....
I was an air traffic controller assigned to the Berlin Air Route Traffic Control Center for '84-'88. This is the facility that worked all traffic to and from Berlin through the 3 Berlin Air Corridors, mostly French, British, and US airliners. What a lot of people did not know was that there were about 15 Soviet and East German Mig bases located in the corridors. Their traffic would fly through the corridors without any coordination or control from us. Naturally, whenever we saw their traffic in the corridors we would issue it to our traffic. One night a buddy of mine was working the enroute sector and must have had a fairly new British pilot. Behind him was a Pan Am aircraft. A Mig decided he wanted to come up behind the British aircraft and see what he looked like. The controller kept giving the British pilot traffic on the Mig. Slowly, the Mig closed the distance behind the British aircraft so naturally the controller gave him that info. You could tell that the British pilot was getting a little nervous with this Mig flying a few miles directly behind him and finally asked the controller what he should do. Before the controller could say anything, the Pan Am pilot, who must have been from Texas, came on the frequency and said "Ya'll oughta just go back and flush your toilets!" It took a while to pick the controller up off the floor he was laughing so hard.
Oh, my gut is busting.... I've read some of this before. I believe it was in a book written by a "sled" driver (U-2 pilot).
I received this email recently
"Too bad there are no examples of radio exchanges at any French airport."
LOL! Just for giggles, we should make them speak German, too! ;)
Reminds me or private pilot jokes.
Explaining the parts of the plane to a newbie, "This is the prop. It is what keeps the pilot cool."
"How?"
"Well, if it stops, you'll see the pilot start sweating profusely!"
ping for later
That was my favorite too. Some real funny ones.
Just then an unknown pilot broke the silence and keyed his microphone,
asking: "Wasn't I married to you once?"
BWAHAHAHAHAHA ...... love that one.
Chicago control tower: Lufthansa 727, you are cleared to take off please take off.
Captain of Lufthansa 727: My manifest does not agree with my passenger count; I will not depart until it does.
Another pilot from an American airline: Have you checked your ovens?
Lufthansa pilot: I refuse to take off until I receive an apology from the person who just called in.
Another airline pilot: This is Captain Smith from American Smith Airlines - I apologize.
The German pilot took off.
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Does that really work? I have to fly after the first of the year and am terrified.
btt
that is ok if you go read my post I flammed all the jet jocks... :)
LMAO PING!
Very funny stuff. I particularly liked the one regarding "sound abatement". Too funny!
Generally on all Air Force aircraft there are allowable leaks. Most maintenance sections usually fix any leak, even the ones within tolerance. The Navy has a different standard. They say if a system on the plane isn't leaking, then it's empty.
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