**************************************************************************From an unknown aircraft waiting in a very long
takeoff queue: "I'm
F...ing bored!"
Ground Traffic Control: "Last aircraft transmitting,
identify yourself
Immediately!"
Unknown aircraft: "I said I was f...ing bored, not
f...ing stupid!"
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O'Hare Approach Control to a 747: "United 329 heavy,
your traffic is a
Fokker, one o'clock , three miles, Eastbound."
United 329: "Approach, I've always wanted to say
this...I've got the
Little Fokker in sight."
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A student became lost during a solo cross-country
flight. While
Attempting to locate the aircraft on radar, ATC asked,
"What was your
Last known position?"
Student: "When I was number one for takeoff."
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A DC-10 had come in a little hot and thus had an
exceedingly long roll
Out after touching down.
San Jose Tower Noted: "American 751, make a hard right
turn at the end
Of the runway, if you are able. If you are not able,
take the Guadeloupe
Exit off Highway 101, make a right at the lights and
return to the
Airport."
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A Pan Am 727 flight, waiting for start clearance in
Munich , overheard
The following:
Lufthansa (in German): " Ground, what is our start
clearance time?"
Ground (in English): "If you want an answer you must
speak in English."
Lufthansa (in English): "I am a German, flying a
German airplane, in
Germany . Why must I speak English?"
Unknown voice from another plane (in a beautiful
British accent):
"Because you lost the bloody war!"
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Tower: "Eastern 702, cleared for takeoff, contact
Departure on frequency
124.7"
Eastern 702: "Tower, Eastern 702 switching to
Departure. By the
Way,after we lifted off we saw some kind of dead
animal on the far end
Of the runway."
Tower: " Continental 635, cleared for takeoff behind
Eastern 702,
Contact Departure on frequency 124.7. Did you copy
that report from
Eastern 702?"
BR Continental 635: "Continental 635, cleared for
takeoff, roger; and
Yes, we copied Eastern... We've already notified our
caterers."
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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 Cherokee pilot, not about to let the insult go by,
came back with a
Real zinger: "I made it out of DC-8 parts. Another
landing like yours
And I'll have enough parts for another one."
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The German air 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. So it
Was with some amusement that we (a Pan Am 747)
listened to the following
Exchange between Frankfurt ground control and a
British Airways 747,
Call sign Speedbird 206.
Speedbird 206: " Frankfurt , Speedbird 206! Clear of
active runway."
Ground: "Speedbird 206. Taxi to gate Alpha One-Seven."
The BA 747 pulled onto the main taxiway and slowed to
a stop.
Ground: "Speedbird, do you not know where you are
going?"
Speedbird 206: "Stand by, Ground, I'm looking up our
gate location now."
Ground (with quite arrogant impatience): "Speedbird
206, have you not
Been to Frankfurt before?"
Speedbird 206 (coolly): "Yes, twice in 1944, but it
was dark, -- And I
Didn't land."
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While taxiing at London 's ,t Airport, the crew of a
US Air flight
Departing for Ft. Lauderdale made a wrong turn and
came nose to nose
With a United 727. An irate female ground controller
lashed out at the
US Air crew, screaming: "US Air 2771, where the hell
are you going? I
Told you to turn right onto Charlie taxiway! You
turned right on Delta!
Stop right there. I know it's difficult for you to
tell the difference
between C and D, but get it right!"
Continuing her rage to the embarrassed crew, she was
now shouting
hysterically: "God! Now you've screwed everything up!
It'll take forever
to sort this out! You stay right there and don't move
till I tell you
to! You can expect progressive taxi instructions in
about half an hour,
and I want you to go exactly where I tell you, when I
tell you, and how
I tell you! You got that, US Air 2771?"
"Yes, ma'am," the humbled crew responded.
Naturally, the ground control communications frequency
fell terribly
silent after the verbal bashing of US Air 2771. Nobody
wanted to chance
engaging the irate ground controller in her current
state of mind.
Tension in every cockpit out around Gatwick was
definitely running high.
Just then an unknown pilot broke the silence and keyed
his microphone,
asking: "Wasn't I married to you once?
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