Who the heck was ROGER?..(surname "THAT"?)
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On a similar vein. The word "Squawk" as in squawk 1234, came from the 1939 RAF code word for transponder. Or IFF, as it was known in WW2- Identification Friend or Foe. The transponder was code-named "Parrot". Parrots squawk to talk. Therefore, switching a transponder on became "Squawk your Parrot".
The most efficient way to stop a parrot squawking is to strangle it. So the code to turn off your transponder was "Strangle your parrot".
For reasons I am not privy to, ICAO decided to retain the terminology "Squawk" for transponder use. But I suspect to placate civil libertarians, the RSPCA, parrot lovers, the Greenies and Looney Lefties, the word "Strangle" was omitted from ICAO lexicon.
The most efficient way to stop a parrot squawking is to strangle it. So the code to turn off your transponder was "Strangle your parrot".
For reasons I am not privy to, ICAO decided to retain the terminology "Squawk" for transponder use. But I suspect to placate civil libertarians, the RSPCA, parrot lovers, the Greenies and Looney Lefties, the word "Strangle" was omitted from ICAO lexicon.
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And where does the term Charlie Charlie come from please?
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As I said earlier, apparently the use of Roger Roger or Charlie Charlie is a NO NO in correct radio use..... 
I think
it was also in Flying High, however where I saw/heard it used all the time (NOT sure about now but was in 92/93) was in Vietnam.......
The Pilots were having a dig about Charlie (Viet Cong), don't think the Vietnamese controllers realised....
I think
it was also in Flying High, however where I saw/heard it used all the time (NOT sure about now but was in 92/93) was in Vietnam.......The Pilots were having a dig about Charlie (Viet Cong), don't think the Vietnamese controllers realised....
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No no no, you are all wrong!
Actually ROGER THAT was a very conscientious worker at CASA as the Manager of Unnecessary Change.
And for my bit on Flying High:
"This woman needs to be gotten to a hospital"
"What is it?"
"It's a big building with patients in it, but that's not important right now"
"Surely you can't be serious?"
"I am and stop calling me Shirley"
Actually ROGER THAT was a very conscientious worker at CASA as the Manager of Unnecessary Change.
And for my bit on Flying High:
"This woman needs to be gotten to a hospital"
"What is it?"
"It's a big building with patients in it, but that's not important right now"
"Surely you can't be serious?"
"I am and stop calling me Shirley"
Grandpa Aerotart
I hear the expression "Charlie charlie" a lot while fling around South East Asia. They seem to be using it instead of Wilco.
Charlie chuckles
Rogerwilcooverandout.
Charlie chuckles
Rogerwilcooverandout.
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Headquarters? What is it?"
"Well, it's a big building where generals meet, but that's not important right now."
"This woman has to be gotten to a hospital."
"A hospital? What is it?"
"It's a big building with patients, but that's not important right now."
"Would you like something to read?"
"Do you have anything light?"
"How about this leaflet, Famous Jewish Sports Legends."
"Cream?"
"No thank you. I take it black, like my men."
"I remember how you used to hold me, and I used to sit on your face and wriggle."
"Some of us here, particularly me, would like to buy you a drink and shake your hand."
"We have clearance, Clarence."
"Roger, Roger. What's our vector, Victor?"
"It's an entirely different kind of flying. Altogether."
"It's an entirely different kind of flying."
"Surely you can't be serious."
"I am serious. And don't call me Shirley."
"Captain, uh, maybe we oughtta turn on the searchlights now!"
"No... that's just what they'll be expecting us to do."
"You ever been up in a cockpit before?"
"No sir, I've never been up in a plane before!"
"You ever seen a grown man naked?"
"Joey, d'you ever hang around the gymnasium?"
"Joey? You like movies about gladiators?"
"Joey? Have you ever been in a... in a Turkish prison?"
"Nervous?"
"Yes."
"First time?"
"No, I've been nervous lots of times."
"Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit smokin'."
"Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit drinkin'."
"Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit amphetamines."
"Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit sniffin' glue."
"Captain, how soon can you land?"
"I can't tell."
"You can tell me, I'm a doctor."
"No, I mean I'm just not sure."
"Well, can't you take a guess?"
"Well, not for another two hours."
"You can't take a guess for another two hours?"
"Listen, Betty, don't start up with your white zone **** again."
"The last thing he said to me, 'Doc,' he said, 'sometime, when the crew is up against it, and the breaks are beating the boys, tell them to get out there and give it all they got, and win just one for the Zipper. I don't know where I'll be then, Doc,' he said, 'but it won't smell too good, that's for sure.'"
"Well, it's a big building where generals meet, but that's not important right now."
"This woman has to be gotten to a hospital."
"A hospital? What is it?"
"It's a big building with patients, but that's not important right now."
"Would you like something to read?"
"Do you have anything light?"
"How about this leaflet, Famous Jewish Sports Legends."
"Cream?"
"No thank you. I take it black, like my men."
"I remember how you used to hold me, and I used to sit on your face and wriggle."
"Some of us here, particularly me, would like to buy you a drink and shake your hand."
"We have clearance, Clarence."
"Roger, Roger. What's our vector, Victor?"
"It's an entirely different kind of flying. Altogether."
"It's an entirely different kind of flying."
"Surely you can't be serious."
"I am serious. And don't call me Shirley."
"Captain, uh, maybe we oughtta turn on the searchlights now!"
"No... that's just what they'll be expecting us to do."
"You ever been up in a cockpit before?"
"No sir, I've never been up in a plane before!"
"You ever seen a grown man naked?"
"Joey, d'you ever hang around the gymnasium?"
"Joey? You like movies about gladiators?"
"Joey? Have you ever been in a... in a Turkish prison?"
"Nervous?"
"Yes."
"First time?"
"No, I've been nervous lots of times."
"Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit smokin'."
"Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit drinkin'."
"Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit amphetamines."
"Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit sniffin' glue."
"Captain, how soon can you land?"
"I can't tell."
"You can tell me, I'm a doctor."
"No, I mean I'm just not sure."
"Well, can't you take a guess?"
"Well, not for another two hours."
"You can't take a guess for another two hours?"
"Listen, Betty, don't start up with your white zone **** again."
"The last thing he said to me, 'Doc,' he said, 'sometime, when the crew is up against it, and the breaks are beating the boys, tell them to get out there and give it all they got, and win just one for the Zipper. I don't know where I'll be then, Doc,' he said, 'but it won't smell too good, that's for sure.'"
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OzExpat,
As I said earlier in this thread, when I was there 92-93 (not sure about now) the Pilots used to say Charlie Charlie, being a dig at Charlie (the Viet Cong), don't think the Vietnamese controllers ever used the term at all though....
In those days we used to think that the Vietnamese controllers were not as with it as they should have been, however some times they surprised us.... Coming back from Moscow to Hanoi direct one day, 11-12 hour flight, Hanoi was a little overcast not too bad, controller was going to give us a big long involved let down, until the Captain reported field in sight, then the controller gave us a straight in visual approach, which is what we wanted. After landing there was a "follow me" car waiting for us on the taxiway.. and the same controller came back on and said VN*** please confirm you have follow me car in sight? His way of letting us know that he was aware of what happened....
Best regards,
"lame"
As I said earlier in this thread, when I was there 92-93 (not sure about now) the Pilots used to say Charlie Charlie, being a dig at Charlie (the Viet Cong), don't think the Vietnamese controllers ever used the term at all though....
In those days we used to think that the Vietnamese controllers were not as with it as they should have been, however some times they surprised us.... Coming back from Moscow to Hanoi direct one day, 11-12 hour flight, Hanoi was a little overcast not too bad, controller was going to give us a big long involved let down, until the Captain reported field in sight, then the controller gave us a straight in visual approach, which is what we wanted. After landing there was a "follow me" car waiting for us on the taxiway..
and the same controller came back on and said VN*** please confirm you have follow me car in sight? His way of letting us know that he was aware of what happened.... Best regards,
"lame"
