Pilot an Tower

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Brave

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Jul 25, 2001
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Vienna
Tower
(in Stuttgart): Lufthansa 5680, reduce to 170 knots.


Pilot: Das ist ja wie
in Frankfurt. Da gibt's auch nur 210 und 170
Knoten...Aber wir sind ja flexibel.


Tower: Wir auch. Reduce to 173 knots.
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Tower:
Phantom-Formation crossing controlzone without clearance,
state your callsign!


Pilot: I'm not silly...


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Pilot:
Tower, please call me a fuel truck.


Tower: Roger. You are a fuel truck.


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Pilot:
Condor 471, gibt's hier keinen Follow-me ?



Tower: Negativ, sehen
Sie mal zu, wie Sie allein zum Gate 10 kommen.


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Tower:
Delta Delta Whiskey, rollen Sie ueber Teerweg zwo null
neun Charlie und Mike zum GAT.



Pilot: Ah...Teerweg
zwo...?


Tower: Das ist der kleine
rechts. Sie sind gerade dran vorbeigerollt.


Pilot: Sorry


Tower: Don't worry,
nehmen Sie den Mike.

Pilot: Ah, ...Mike ?


Tower: Das ist der letzte
ganz hinten rechts...


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Pilot:
Bratislava Tower, this is Oscar Oscar Kilo established
ILS 16.


Tower: Oscar Oscar Kilo,
Guten Tag, cleared to land 16, wind calm and by the way:
this is Wien Tower.


Pilot: (Nach einer Denkpause)
Bratislava Tower, Oscar Oscar Kilo passed the outer
marker.


Tower: Oscar Oscar Kilo roger, and once more: you are
approaching Vienna!


Pilot: (Nach einer Denkpause)
Confirm, this is NOT Bratislava?


Tower: You can believe
me, this is Vienna


Pilot: (Nach einer erneuten
Pause) But why? We want to go to Bratislava, not to
Vienna!


Tower: Oscar Oscar Kilo,
roger. Discontinue approach, turn left 030 and climb to 5000 feet, vectors
to Bratislava.





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Tower:
Shamu Two Two, please state estimated time of arrival.


Pilot: Ok, let's see...,
I think Tuesday would be nice...


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Tower:
Have you got enough fuel or not?

Pilot: Yes.

Tower: Yes what??

Pilot: Yes, SIR!



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LH741:
Tower, give me a rough timecheck



Tower: It's tuesday,
Sir.


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Tower:
RFG 312, fliegen Sie direkt nach Olno VOR. Brauchen Sie
einen Radar-Vektor ?


Pilot: Nein, es geht auch so, wir koennen das VOR schon empfangen. Es liegt
genau in der Richtung, wo der Mond steht.


Tower: Ja, aber den haben wir nicht auf dem Radarschirm.



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Pilot: Ground, XY-line 195, requesting start-up.


Tower: Sorry, XY-line 195, we don't have your flight plan. What is your destination ?


Pilot: Wie jeden Montag, nach Leipzig.


Tower: Aber, wir haben heute Dienstag!


Pilot: WAS ? Am Dienstag haben wir doch frei!


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Pilot:
Tower, da brennt ein Runway-light.


Lotse: Ich hoffe, da brennen mehrere.


Pilot: Sorry, ich meine, es qualmt.


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Tower:
Delta Zulu Romeo, turn right now and report your heading.


Pilot: Wilco. 341, 342, 343, 344, 345...


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Tower:
Lufthansa 893, number one, check for workers on the taxiway.


Pilot: Roger...(Nach kurzer Pauser)...We've checked the workers, they are all
working.


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Tower:
Delta Oscar Mike, squawk 0476.


Pilot: Say again.


Tower: Squawk 0476.

Pilot: Four, zero...?


Tower: Wollen Sie'n leichteren haben ?


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Pilot:
Frankfurt Information, hier Delta Bravo Zulu. Wir sind
jetzt ueber Dinkelsbuhl in Flugflaeche 95.

Tower: Sie sollten doch Muenchen Information rufen !

Pilot: Ja, weiss ich, aber bei Ihnen gefaellt mir das Programm besser.


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Tower:
DE..., fliegen Sie weiter im Gegenanflug fur die 26, Landenummer 2 hinter
einer DC 9 im kurzen Endteil.


Pilot: Verstanden, fliege weiter fuer die 29 und folge der DC 6.


Tower: Nicht ganz richtig: Die Landebahn war 26 und Verkehr eine DC9.



Pilot: Okay, ich folge der DC 26... Wie war die Landebahn ?


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Pilot:
Good morning, Frankfurt ground, KLM 242 request start up and push back, please.

(Turbinen starten und vom Terminal zurueckschieben lassen)

Tower: KLM 242 expect start up in two hours.

Pilot: Please confirm: two hours delay?

Tower: Affirmative.

Pilot: In that case, cancel the good morning!
 
one more...

The German controllers at Frankfurt Airport are infamous for being a short-tempered lot. They not only expect you to know your parking location but also how to get there without any assistance from them. So it was with some amusement that we (United 747) listened to the following exchange between Frankfurt ground control and the pilot of a British Airways 747 (callsign Speedbird 206):

Speedbird: "Good morning Frankfurt, Speedbird 206, clear of the active."
Ground: "Guten morgan, taxi to your gate."
The BA 747 pulls onto the main taxiway and stops.
Ground (brusquely): "Speedbird, do you not know where you are going?"
Speedbird: "Standby ground, I'm looking up the gate location now."
Ground (with typical German impatience): "Speedbird 206, have you never been to Frankfurt before?"
Speedbird (coolly): "Yes, several times in 1944, but I didn't stop."