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StrandedInBGM From Bouvet Island, joined Jul 2007, 167 posts, RR: 0
Posted (2 years 3 months 5 days 21 hours ago) and read 736 times:

I am pretty bored tonight and I have been listening to JFK ATC (The controllers are rather entertaining). I figured I would throw out some mindless discussion. I did a search and it seems that this topic has not been discussed in a while, I could be wrong.

I am intrigued by some of the callsigns I hear since they are rather creative not relying on the airline name as the callsign, but using something symbolic, so I decided to look some up.

Few of my favorites are:

Speedbird for British Airways
Springbok for South African Airways
Redwood for Virgin America
Suckling for Scot Airways
Ugly Van for Inter Island Air

What are yours?

Good flight... Great night.

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Delta7004 From United States, joined Mar 2007, 49 posts, RR: 0
Reply 1, posted (2 years 3 months 5 days 21 hours ago) and read 727 times:

You pointed out most of the interesting ones I can think of off the top of my head, though I have to say, Redwood is a unique one.

Acey From Canada, joined Jun 2007, 851 posts, RR: 0
Reply 2, posted (2 years 3 months 5 days 20 hours ago) and read 676 times:

Shamrock - Aer Lingus.

Quoting StrandedInBGM (Thread starter):
Good flight... Great night.

Kennedy Tower fan?

If a man hasn't discovered something that he will die for, he isn't fit to live. -- Martin Luther King, Jr.

KL808 From United States, joined May 1999, 1547 posts, RR: 11
Reply 3, posted (2 years 3 months 5 days 20 hours ago) and read 669 times:

I really love China Airlines call sign, DYNASTY.

Drew

AMS-LAX-MNL

Tripleboom From United States, joined Jul 2006, 271 posts, RR: 16
Reply 4, posted (2 years 3 months 5 days 20 hours ago) and read 660 times:

IND based Republic uses Brickyard.. as both an aviation and automotive enthusist I appreciate the blend of the two worlds.

Mycrj17 From United States, joined Feb 2006, 269 posts, RR: 0
Reply 5, posted (2 years 3 months 5 days 20 hours ago) and read 650 times:

I always thought Blue Ridge for DH was good, but WaterSki for Tran States is kind of weird, but I like them both..
But I think Airtran should be PeachTree other then Citrus...

Matthew

GO CUBS GO!!!!!

StrandedInBGM From Bouvet Island, joined Jul 2007, 167 posts, RR: 0
Reply 6, posted (2 years 3 months 5 days 20 hours ago) and read 623 times:

Quoting Acey (Reply 2):
Kennedy Tower fan?

Aye.

This just in... FOD on runway 22R @ Juliet

[Edited 2007-08-19 03:49:43]

113312 From United States, joined Apr 2005, 416 posts, RR: 1
Reply 7, posted (2 years 3 months 4 days 22 hours ago) and read 512 times:

Hope you folks like FLAGSHIP for Pinnacle. This airline started out as Republic Express a/k/a Express Airlines I which later became NW Airlink. I was involved in the original certification and obtained the callsign from the FAA from the defunct Dolphin Airlines which I also had a hand in starting back in 1981.

CitrusCritter From United States, joined May 2007, 1032 posts, RR: 2
Reply 8, posted (2 years 3 months 4 days 2 hours ago) and read 465 times:

Quoting Mycrj17 (Reply 5):
But I think Airtran should be PeachTree other then Citrus...

The original AirTran and the present AirTran were/are HQed in Orlando, Fla, thus the Citrus callsign. Nothing beats ValuJet's Critter call-sign though.

TLH

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