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Wierd Things On Air-band

N215AZ From United States, joined Oct 2006, 77 posts, RR: 0
Posted (3 years 2 weeks 3 days 7 hours ago) and read 2444 times:

What is the wierdest thing you have ever herd on an Aviation Freq.?

There are some wierd things out there.

Thanks,

N215AZ

"Atra esterní ono thelduin, Mor'ranr lífa unin hjarta onr, Un du evarínya ono varda."

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EMA747 From United Kingdom, joined Jun 2006, 911 posts, RR: 2
Reply 1, posted (3 years 2 weeks 2 days 15 hours ago) and read 2402 times:

I was listening to EMA tower a few weeks ago and it was on the night of Childern In Need (a national charity event if youve not heard of it) part of which was being held in the terminal. There was a DLH plane on finals. They must have been letting off fireworks or something because as the DHL pilot conteacted tower they said, "have you got the report of fireworks?" They DHL pilot replied with a chuckle in a very typical old RAF accent, "Yea the flak is going to get heavy!" I thougt that was pretty funny.

Also on EMA tower. After talking in a very proffesional way all mornign to commercial traffic, ATC came on and contacted one of they flying school GAs saying, "The flying school says they have found some car keys, could they be yours?" I just thought it was funny as it was so appart from the usual proffesional ATC speak.

Cheers

Andy S

Failing doesn’t make you a failure. Giving up and refusing to try again does!

ShyFlyer From United States, joined Jun 2009, 223 posts, RR: 15
Reply 2, posted (3 years 2 weeks 5 hours ago) and read 2322 times:

While spotting at ABQ, I once heard the pilot of (now defunct) Rio Grande Air and the tower controller call each other by their first names, after the Rio Grande flight checked in per standard.

A few months later at the same airport, the ground controller asked the pilot of (now defunct) Westwind Airlines flight if he preferred the Pilatus PC-12 over the Cessna Caravan he had previously flown for Rio Grande. The pilot responded that he enjoyed flying in the flight levels and that in comparison, the "Caravan was nothing but crap."

I do not know if the pilot and/or controller in the first example were the same ones involved in the second.

...and boom goes the dynamite!

N215AZ From United States, joined Oct 2006, 77 posts, RR: 0
Reply 3, posted (3 years 1 week 6 days 7 hours ago) and read 2253 times:

Thats a good one, at TOL I recently heard the tower telling someone in the ILS pattern to stop making S-Turns in his approach. He pretty much ripped him on the air band.

1G0 has had some good ones on the "Falcon Unicom" before too.

Later though.

That was awesome.

N215AZ

"Atra esterní ono thelduin, Mor'ranr lífa unin hjarta onr, Un du evarínya ono varda."

Avsfan From United States, joined Aug 2006, 250 posts, RR: 2
Reply 4, posted (3 years 1 week 5 days 7 hours ago) and read 2199 times:

As an actual ATC Tower controller...to many to mention.

"Oh I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth...Put out my hand and touched the face of God"

MEACEDAR From Lebanon, joined Oct 2006, 687 posts, RR: 0
Reply 5, posted (3 years 1 week 5 days 7 hours ago) and read 2198 times:

Once I heard if the pilot can get an update on a football game. Oh, and once the ATC Controller was "raping" by accident, this happened maybe a year ago on a flight to AMS. LOL!!! I still remember the rap vividly.

Flinhion757 From United States, joined Jul 2006, 194 posts, RR: 0
Reply 6, posted (3 years 1 week 3 days 12 hours ago) and read 2145 times:

I've heard: 'Wiley Post Tower, North American 201 mile final rwy 35R...Aaaahhh!'

WN All the Way!!!

Cessna057 From United States, joined Sep 2006, 439 posts, RR: 2
Reply 7, posted (3 years 1 week 2 days 14 hours ago) and read 2108 times:

Quoting MEACEDAR (Reply 5):
Oh, and once the ATC Controller was "raping" by accident, this happened maybe a year ago on a flight to AMS.

CO89 about a year ago came over the P/A singing to apparently a boom box or something singing along to Eminem, and you hear the F/O say "STOP STOP YOUR ON THE P/A". The captain comes on a few moments later and appolgizes for the interuption.

Hold it . . . Hold it . . . HOLD THE FREAKIN NOSE UP!!

Falstaff From United States, joined Jun 2006, 3721 posts, RR: 27
Reply 8, posted (3 years 1 week 18 hours ago) and read 2054 times:

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Quoting MEACEDAR (Reply 5):
Once I heard if the pilot can get an update on a football game.

I heard ATC at DTW give out updates to Detroit Tiger Playoff games this year. I was flying NW DTW-STL during game 5 of the World series this year and the captain gave us inning by inning updates. He must have been getting them from ATC.

I hear the Ford test track in Dearborn, Michigan, on the air band. They have a low and high speed track there. The test track did used to be an airport, prior to 1947. They did land (and take off) three Ford Tri-motors there during the 100 years of Ford celebration a few years ago.

My mug slaketh over on Falstaff N503

JetMatt777 From United States, joined Jun 2005, 2059 posts, RR: 41
Reply 9, posted (3 years 1 week 17 hours ago) and read 2047 times:

Quoting Falstaff (Reply 8):
He must have been getting them from ATC.

I have heard dispatchers give out scores over ACARS, also.

And the meek shall inherit the earth.

LHRlocal From United Kingdom, joined Jan 2008, 192 posts, RR: 0
Reply 10, posted (1 year 8 months 1 week 3 days 1 hour ago) and read 1558 times:

Ive heard ATC at Heathrow asking for an update on how busy the motorway (M25) is as theyve been flying over it on short finals. Guess he was nearing home time!