Comment jo-SR: It is: "Yes, in 1944, but it was dark and we didnt land..." Here some more of this stuff: Tower: "Delta 351, you have traffic at 10 o'clock, 6 miles!" Tower: "TWA 2341, for noise abatement turn right 45 Degrees." A Pan Am 727 flight waiting for start clearance in Munich overheard the following: From an unknown aircraft waiting in a very long takeoff queue: "I'm f***ing bored!" Tower O'Hare Approach Control to a 747: "United 329 heavy, your traffic is a Fokker, one o'clock, three miles, Eastbound." A DC-10 had come in a little hot and thus had an exceedingly long roll out after touching down. 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 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. This is the exchange between Frankfurt ground control and a British Airways 747: Tower: Alitalia 194 - taxi to runway 28, hold short Pilot: Warum holen Sie uns denn schon so früh so weit runter? Sie wissen doch, daß das Fliegen in derart niedriger Höhe für uns unwirtschaftlich ist. Tower: Delta Quebec Alpha, fliegen Sie in die Kontrollzone auf Steuerkurs 240 bis zum Anschneiden des Endanfluges Landebahn 14R. Tower: The airfield is at your 2 o'clock-position. Pilot: LM 184 is at holding fix again (zum siebenten Mal) Tower: Lonestar 189, clear to land 18R, wind calm. LH741: Tower, give me a rough time check Tower: Have you got enough fuel or not? Tower: Shamu Two Two, please state estimated time of arrival. Pilot: Bratislava Tower, this is Oscar Oscar Kilo established ILS 16. Tower: Delta Delta Whiskey, rollen Sie über Teerweg zwo null neun Charlie und Mike zum GAT. Pilot: Condor 471, gibt's hier keinen Follow-me ? Pilot: Tower, please call me a fuel truck. Tower: Phantom-Formation crossing control zone without clearance, state your call sign! Tower (Stuttgart): Lufthansa 5680, reduce to 170 knots. Pilot: Ground, XY-line 195, requesting start-up. Tower: Hawk 20, is this the same aircraft declaring emergency about two hours ago ? Pilot: Tower, da brennt ein Runway-light. Tower: Delta Zulu Romeo, turn right now and report your heading. Tower: Lufthansa 893, number one, check car on the runway. Tower: Delta Romeo Zulu, confirm you are inbound to Sulz NDB? Tower :Delta Oscar Mike, squawk 0476. Tower: Delta Bravo Charlie, ist Ihr Squawk wirklich sieben null vier sechs? Tower: Hotel Papa Oscar climb four thousand to six thousand and maintain. Tower: DE..., fliegen Sie weiter im Gegenanflug fur die 26, Landenummer 2 hinter einer DC 9 im kurzen Endteil. Pilot: Frankfurt Information, hier Delta Bravo Zulu. Wir sind jetzt über Dinkelsbuhl in Flugfläche 95. Tower-Lotse zum Piloten eines Charterflugzeuges nach einer harten Landung: Eine Landung soll ja kein Geheimnis sein. Die Passagiere sollen ruhig wissen, wenn sie unten sind. |