geruliai :) "Toxis@ze_yvil_place" <tox@work.ble> wrote in message news:gs7ei1$6q8$1@trimpas.omnitel.net... > Tower: "Delta 351, you have traffic at 10 o'clock, 6 miles!" > Delta 351: "Give us another hint! We have digital watches!" > ************************************************************************************* > Tower:"TWA 2341, for noise abatement turn right 45 Degrees." > TWA 2341: "Center, we are at 35,000 feet. How much noise can we make up > here?" > Tower:"Sir, have you ever heard the noise a 747 makes when it hits a 727?" > > ************************************************************************************* > 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!" > > ************************************************************************************* > 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." > > ************************************************************************************* > 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!" > > ************************************************************************************* > 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." > > ************************************************************************************* > > 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." > > > > > -- > ___________ > ©Toxis