New poster, hope this works, bear with me.
35 year US enroute ATCS, 13 years in Chicago, then 22 years in Jacksonville. I have read the entire thread, lots of good stuff, but lots of old and stale ones.
I was not exactly 'by the book' on phraseology and such PC stuff, so I seemed to get involved in strange things, many of my own doing. Most of my stuff will be lengthy, but it WILL be new to you. I'll give you one now, then titles for you to select from....I'll post the story when the pain subsides...you see, I'm not a typist, I'm a 'hunt'n pecker, so when my pecker gets too much of a workout, it gets sore & can't reach the keyboard.
Story One....The Rabbit Died
This one was actually passed to us at Chicago by Oshkosh tower the day it happened, the guys there were squealing about it for weeks.
A married female GA instructor had just departed and informed the tower she thought they had hit a bunny on RWY27. Ramp rats checked, deceased bunny. Tower guy knew the gal's hubby, called him up and told him his wife had confided to him "The Rabbit Died".
Well, the guy gets all excited, rushes out and buys her flowers and gets to the airport to meet her after her lesson. She hops out, he hugs her & hands her the flowers, there is a long conversation, he starts laughing, she storms over to the tower.
The tower guys bought her a bottle of champagne to soothe her feathers.
For the young readers who don't understand the technology involved with dead bunnies, ask yer mum.
Okay, here's a short list of possible stories to choose from.....
I kiss Arnie Palmers putter
Southwest is going down
New color radar
Tiger pilot gets his peepee kissed
The UFO (not a funny story, real UFO)
Airways quiz of the hour
Flaming Butts
Airshows at FL370
Lethal Linda's F-16
Carrot on a Stick
Step right up and makes yer choice, the bar is open and smoking lamp lit
Last edited by wonnski; 3rd December 2010 at 22:29.
Reason: more stories added