As a very junior female ATCO I once had to speak to a military helicopter calling itself Swallow 69. Couldn't talk for blushing!

I always liked Spanair, it sounds quite like the word spanair but when it appears mandatory that it is pronounced in a Manuel type accent and has a non-silent A on the front of it

Spanair - I like their version of checking in on freq

"Climbing as cleared!"

None of this SID, passing level, cleared level or callsign nonsense!!

"Midland 331" was a certain sound about it.

Twenty years ago, it was the "goldmine" flight Teesside-Heathrow.


92 full economy fares, LCC costs. Maybe Midland were the first LCC?


Howsabout "Jetset"?

331

In US airspace,

TACA .......Usually called TACO (like the Mexican fast food)
by atc...
Quite funny I think

SNAPPER69........

When the Canadian Forces still had T-114's as thier primary jet trainer, one instructor had this callsign when heading out for a weekend of R&R.

Giantkiller ! They work around Norfolk VA. Got transferred to them on the way back from Sanford one afternoon - quite entertaining !

Don'y know exactly who uses it but I've heard 'LEGO 1' a couple of times. The tempation to ask if that was a lego plane or if they'd built it themselves had to be resisted.
Also 'Formula one' sounds quite good and certainly appropriate. Wonder if it's Bernie?

I remember a pair of Luftwaffe F4s using the c/s "Hitman 1&2" a few years ago - that was pretty cool, especially as the leader had quite a deep, gruff voice! I think they were from Wittmundhafen.

I also remember another time when a colleague had a call from a pair of USAF A10s c/s Gunhog. For some reason he thought they were called Kellogg, like the british cereal. The A10 mate kept saying "Sir the callsign is Gunhog," to which my oppo replied ", Kellog roger." After the third attempt to explain it the Yank gave up, left the CTR and went en-route VFR. The rest of us were in stitches. To this day, my colleague still maintains that they were c/s Kellogg!

Another call sign site

Check 6

:ok:

Brain Fade

Callsign "Lego"

ICAO Callsign: Lego
IATA Code:
ICAO Code: LGE
Known As: Lego
Full Name: Lego System A/S
Country: Denmark
Web Site: www.lego.com


ICAO Callsign: Lego
IATA Code:
ICAO Code: LGO
Known As: Lego
Full Name: Lego Company
Country: Denmark
Web Site: www.lego.com

and


ICAO Callsign: Formula
IATA Code:
ICAO Code: FOR
Known As: Formula One Management
Full Name: Formula One Management Limited
Country: United Kingdom
Web Site:


Useful site for decodes

I have heard a story from Northern Norway during a military exercise.

Drake01(British Lynx) came flying into a TMA. The controller replied to the Lynx:" Grape01, blah blah blah..."
Lynx:"It is DRAKE sir, not grape!!!":}

Cato In a similar vein, "Emirates" is often called "Haemmeroids"

Lon

errrrr.. thanks?:ok:

Used to have a "PeeBee Air" airline in south asia sometimes back.

During busy/peak traffic period where transmission is quick and fast, you can hear "Pubic Hair" coming out... :E

Allegedly there was an airline based in Goa called Goa Way:p

The RAF op callsigns are the best without a doubt!

WIZARD and stuff it's great

We work a bunch of fun ones...

DOOM for some of the BUFFS...

OPEC for some KC-10's...

But my all time favorite was way back in the 90's. It was the FIRST all female crew in a C-141. Some odd ball in operations gave them the call sign.....


BROAD!!!!!!

Ya just have to love the irony there <G>...

regards

Scott

My favorite, leading my 4-ship of RF4's home to EDAM, was WiBi.

"WiBi, on initial" pronounced "We Be" on initial. Zweibruecken Twr responded, "We Be expecting you".

Still chortling over two VORs in Eastern China though, "Fuquing" FQG (south of ZSPD)..... and "Wanquing" , up near Dalian

rouge
 

I had an American C-130 at my field last year. His callsign was "rouge"..When I first saw the strip with the callsign, I expected a flying version of the Moulin rouge:ok:

TWR:"Rouge13 taxi to parking in front of the tower, and send your cargo up here. EXPEDITE"

:p :p :p