Callsigns during the 80's
An RAF helicopter pilot known on our squadron for his terribly unfortunate stutter went on a army exchange tour (on Lynx, IIRC).
The army thoughtfully (!) gave him the callsign "Four Four Foxtrot" and made him lead formations on landaways.
"F..F...F....F.....FFFFFFFEr....FFFFFFFFEr........ .FFFFFFFEr.......
The army thoughtfully (!) gave him the callsign "Four Four Foxtrot" and made him lead formations on landaways.
"F..F...F....F.....FFFFFFFEr....FFFFFFFFEr........ .FFFFFFFEr.......
Can remember him landing a very early computer flt sim with the stick cross-wired with the left/rights - he was the only one to do this, "clever" I thought!
Went on to be a helicopter TP.
(Also crashed an airship!)
Highlighted a lateral CofG problem on the MD900 during the trials for DHFS, months before the makers came clean!
Where are you now, "Herr Schlanger"??
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And 'Bandbox' was another 6FTS JP callsign
'FYJ', 'FYP', 'FYT', etc were all used by the different types until replaced by 'FYY' for all types
Medal and Darth were both 20TFW F-111's
Mothball, Warthog and Tasman were all 360Sq Canberra's; Archer was 100Sq
An interesting time to be an eavesdropper....
'FYJ', 'FYP', 'FYT', etc were all used by the different types until replaced by 'FYY' for all types
Medal and Darth were both 20TFW F-111's
Mothball, Warthog and Tasman were all 360Sq Canberra's; Archer was 100Sq
An interesting time to be an eavesdropper....
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USAF 70's
20th TAC Upper Heyford F111E
Wing C/S Lay
Squadrons Akee Sewn Rerun
48th TAC Lakenheath F111F
Wing C/S Trest
Squadrons Hid Ratch Pal
81st TAC F4
Memory a bit iffy. Can't remember Wing C/S but the main 4 used were
Spong Muir Dylan Trait
All used 1974 to 1979 for F111's
81st use pre A10 from 1974 until changeover.
Wing C/S Lay
Squadrons Akee Sewn Rerun
48th TAC Lakenheath F111F
Wing C/S Trest
Squadrons Hid Ratch Pal
81st TAC F4
Memory a bit iffy. Can't remember Wing C/S but the main 4 used were
Spong Muir Dylan Trait
All used 1974 to 1979 for F111's
81st use pre A10 from 1974 until changeover.
>An interesting time to be an eavesdropper....<
Indeed it was :-)
Can anyone remember which USAF unit used 'Dawn' as a callsign in the mid-1980s? One would occasionally hear them speaking to London Mil (er, cough, allegedly) over and around London very late at night.
Indeed it was :-)
Can anyone remember which USAF unit used 'Dawn' as a callsign in the mid-1980s? One would occasionally hear them speaking to London Mil (er, cough, allegedly) over and around London very late at night.
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I used to hear a C-5 Galaxy many years ago going in to Ramstein ,I think, using call-sign "Kite 15",at a time when all other C-5s were using their USAF serials as call-signs .
I had just spoken to East Midlands LARS and was busily wokkarring away through their zone in my mighty Wessex, when the ATC Supervisor came on, asked me my callsign, which the previous controller had done several times...'Err roger we are Swallow 69, out of Aldergrove enroute Mildenhall..blah,blah, blether etc...' the reply came 'roger Swallow callsign, turn right 90 degrees and exit the zone..good day'
I spoke to him later..and the Sqn 2i/c (now an Air Marshall) who really didn't see the funny side at all....still P*t M**ler got the bollocking !!!!
I spoke to him later..and the Sqn 2i/c (now an Air Marshall) who really didn't see the funny side at all....still P*t M**ler got the bollocking !!!!
