Difficult Callsigns
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: No. 1 Hemisphere
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Many years ago I frequently worked an aircraft with the callsign KKK. Brilliant pilot who, unfortunately for at least one other jockey, had a pronounced stutter which came up only on first contact.
".........., this is KKK". Took around 40 seconds. In the meantime the other hoop tried his rather necessary "Mayday, Mayday, Mayday...................." - to no avail. It took some considerable time to find out where the poor sod had crashed. The crashee survived.
Far as I remember he was checked out frequently but never stuttered once - but he always managed to do it on first contact on no-check days.
".........., this is KKK". Took around 40 seconds. In the meantime the other hoop tried his rather necessary "Mayday, Mayday, Mayday...................." - to no avail. It took some considerable time to find out where the poor sod had crashed. The crashee survived.
Far as I remember he was checked out frequently but never stuttered once - but he always managed to do it on first contact on no-check days.
