Phonetics for we 'oldies'
Just today, my attention was drawn to the Facebook site and a new 'modern & 'hippy' phonetic alphabet ... it got me to wondering how many ppruners could still use the original pre 1955 code. My memory cells ain't what they used to be, so I'd ask other COFs to fill in the blanks and correct any errors.
Who remembers? ABLE BAKER CHARLIE DOG EASY FREDDIE? GEORGE HOW ITEM JIG KING LONDON MIKE NAN OBOE POPSIE QUEENIE ROGER SUGAR TAN UNCLE VICTOR W EVADES ME. XRAY YOKE ZEBRA.
As a Royal Air Force sprog pilot, how well I remember my war-bitten Flight Sargent instructor's standard pre-flight brief at 10 FTS Pershore ... "Start up Sugar" ... for the twin Cheetah engine Airspeed Oxford. And later as a Combat Star Canberra B2 bomber crew, we got a bit good at GeeH bombing using Ken Wallis' 25 pound practice bomb ... as we quite often achieved a 'Dog How' at Wainfleet, Otmoor, Chesil Beach and Luce Bay. Nordhorn oversea I recall.
And how about the RAF's infamous 'Q' Code when we would acknowledge altimeter area settings as the 'Queen Nan How!'
Oh happy daze. Dennis Kenyon.