I heard last week a new one ' Shadow 01 ' - Anyone know who runs this callsign

there used to be a number of comic book based callsigns, but a look through the book - sad or what! - only reveals
Batman- Executive, Switzerland
Robin - Robinton, Dom Rep
Penguin - Brit Antarctic Survey

I think Joker was nicked some time ago by the military of a certain country whose blushes I will spare.

:p tori

Hmm.. cool callsigns. I have to add one from Finland, FPC117

Finnpower

been called also spitfire 117 =)

ours is quite dull really,

police ***


i would like to propose one of the following:

plod ***
fuzzwing ***
rozzer ***
fedair (is that taken
filth ***

me thinks my fav is plod ***

any comments?

Worked an F-117 years ago arriving for an airshow. "Shaba 1". Shaba is Arabic for ghost.

flyboy519

My fading memory seems to recall Shadow ** was used by the gentlepersons from Mildenhall.

I heard of a F3 four-ship using POTATO as their callsign, thus leading to the inevitable check in. "One potato, two potato..."

Anyone know if there's a G-SPOT around somewhere (i'm still talking about callsigns :p ) ?

Ginge :cool:

There was a story going around many years ago about the LATCC Mil concroller who received the calls

" 'ello"
" 'ello 'ello"
" 'ello 'ello 'ello"
"London, Copper formation checking in"

Also, 25 - 30 years ago there was an Italian motor glider (I think) with the registration I-F**K

G-SPOT was a P68, but it was destroyed.

I wonder if EI-EIO is still about? Ideal for an agrarian aviator called MacDonald perhaps...

Gingerbread.. I had to use potato as the callsign during EFT, trust me, it is not cool or funny. We were embarrassed to use the radio.

Talking of "Jedi", I was working ScotMil earlier this year "Jedi " 1 to 4 checked in, the contoller responded with....

"Jedi, Identified are you, advisory radar service" (difficult to type to the way Yoda sounds) :D

Sadly we occassionally have to use "Monica"......DOH!

I seem to remember when Boeing brought the demonstrator of their new widebody into LHR for the first time it had the callsign "Boeing 777".

Heard that a female British controller uttered the immortal words; "Boeing 777, confirm your a/c type?"

:O

Our company has a cool callsign "Saltire" keeping the flag flying!!

worked with a (lady) controller who famously transmitted "Harvard formation, report your A/c type?"

this was the same person who turned to the tower controller & said "has the radio-fail A/c called you yet?" !!!

Talking of G-SPOT reminds me of GIIII - still flying - who was regularly referred to as "four eyes"
:p :D
Tori

What about 'Slowline', or was it without the W... (Slovak Airlines)?

French Letters
 

When I was a military ATCO, the French military used to send some air to air refueling tankers on operations over East Anglia. The callsigns were (honest) FUKCK and !!!!C. Our lady ATCOs always blushed.

Giasajob

Gisajob There was also a !!!!D I think.

Was down the hole at Sopley one day, lots of brass visiting, one poor female controller was having problems trying to get a reply from him and was getting really upset. Top brass asked what was the matter and answer came back, "Sir, it's F:mad: d. "
It went very quiet.

Several moons ago when "Ruebens" callsign was not that common; we got the question sometimes; "can you repeat your call sign please" and my reply would be (if they didn't get in the first, second and third attempt); "the fat woman painter... Reubens?" most reply's would be "..Ahh Reubens.!"

Not too long ago i was a RELAXed dude, and we had some fun with the way we would call in; the way to pronounce relax.

Pointer :E

When Jersey European changed to FlyBE didn't they have a new callsign "Skywalker"........didn't catch on.
But they do have a Dash8 with the reg G-JEDI

to the flying cop,
yip the call sign fedair is taken up by a charter company in south africa