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    March 24

    ATC conversations

    Pretty Good ones here....

    Real Air Traffic Controller Conversations
    Tower: "Delta 351, you have traffic at 10 o'clock, 6 miles!
    Delta 351: "Give us another hint! We have digital watches!"

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    "TWA 2341, for noise abatement turn right 45 Degrees."
    "Centre, we are at 35,000 feet. How much noise can we make up here?"
    "Sir, have you ever heard the noise a 747 makes when it hits a 727?"

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    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 239: "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
    rollout 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 Guadalupe exit off Highway 101, make a right at
    the lights and return to the airport."

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    There's a story about the military pilot calling for a priority
    landing because his single-engine jet fighter was running "a bit
    peaked."
    Air Traffic Control told the fighter jock that he was number two,
    behind a B-52 that had one engine shut down.
    "Ah," the fighter pilot remarked, "The dreaded seven-engine approach."

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    Taxiing down the tarmac, a DC-10 abruptly stopped, turned around and
    returned to the gate. After an hour-long wait, it finally took off. A
    concerned passenger asked the flight attendant, "What, exactly, was
    the problem?"
    "The pilot was bothered by a noise he heard in the engine," explained
    the flight attendant. "It took us a while to find a new pilot."

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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?"
    Continental 635: "Continental 635, cleared for take off, 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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