Clever Waypoint Names
 

Well done AsA. I just noticed the BN Sinnk one arrival... Ha what a beauty. LEAKY, BOATS, SINNK. Very clever fella's. I also like the one from the west too. DRAIN, PLUGG, SINKK.

Do you have any more of those?

What about THESE BOOTS MADFR WLKIN?

or PUTDE CDOWN IDIOT (put the seat down idiot) Mrs TBT came up with that one for some unknown reason???

or even... JONNY HOWRD SUKKS

anyone esle got some to put forward?

TBT

Perth NAUTI one arrival, DONGA transition :}

Diego Garcia
 

I don't know whether they are still there, but there used to be 3 reporting points located north of the Indian Ocean island of Diego Garcia. These reporting points were named:

WHATA
BUMMR
MOMMA

Obviously, the person who named these reporting points appears to have been less than pleased with his posting to the island.

Low level out of Mackay westbound, ITORT EYTAW APUTT EGATT (spelling?)

Out of Perth westbound, LARRY CURLY MOEWE and STUGE.

Sporting stars to the east of Syd eg. PLUGA and CAWLY

GAFER - the closest point to the geographical centre of Australia - think about it! Seems to have disappeared unfortunately.

There was a rumour going around that a lot of the guys names used as waypoints in the Brissy FIR -can't think of any off the top of my head - were a list of one of the femal ATCers ex-boyfriends. Only a rumour though!

DirectAnywhere,

GAFER, 055 Alice, 176nm. :E

There was two consecutive waypoints on the east coast called BERNI and SMITH - the ex CEO of AsA's name

I saw a Jepp plate for an instrument approach in the US that had the waypoints

ITAWT
ITAWA
PUDDI
TAATT
and the missed approach was named IDEED.

There are a couple of waypoints in WA, ALFIE named after Alf Allen - and STEWY named after Stewy Boyce.

There is also a waypoint named CLUGO named funnily enough after CLUGO - I can't remember his real name....

How about 'SLOPS' on one of the stars into ML. That ones raised a few eyebrows (amongst pilots' and ATCs').

Think I read somewhere that you can pay $100 for a name and ASA will donate it to charity?

Rooter.

Over the "dutch" there's a series of waypoints that, if flown from Australia to NZ read:

WALTZ
INGMA
TILDA

Give it to the hobbits!!!!! :ok:

Brisbane Star to ILS 19

LEAKY
BOATS
SINNK

;)

Also over the "dutch": WOOLY and JUMPA.

And there used to be some additional sporting blokes out on the Tasman (haven't got the right chart in front of me to check - are they still there?): GILLY and TUBBY

Have always liked FILET of FLAKE over the Bight.

ALICE SADEL SARAH running south of Alice, and SARAP-IGLET east of SY on the way to Tahiti, have always made me look at the chart again.....

Also SE of Alice: I've always tended to pronounce IDANU a little like "I don't know" when position reporting.... (ok, yes, a little childish, forgive me).

And GAFER - oh, for the old spelling back, namely GAFFA. Did someone take offence at the original spelling and GAFER is more acceptable?! :hmm:

A waypoint above 'Peanuts' author Charles Schultz's house was called SNUPY.

Saturday night fever
 

It may well be possible that the ATCO's in the MEL terminal area are naming their IFR points after their respective notch's on their belts...

LIZZY (No longer)
PAULA
SUZIE
NAREL
JENIF, NEFER (Jennifer)
TEENA
WENDY

Guys,

Yes the waypoints are often named after controllers or other staff in AsA. There is a waypoint named after me in the Topend called "egore". That's my ex-RAAF handle.

Other waypoints you may come across named after ATCs are

Boydi
Roony (Giaan Roony's dad)
Greav
Smith
Scott
Berti
Alexa
Donya
Trota
Studa
Kateb
Ester
Credy
Pemac


And many others.

Other waypoints are just good fun, such as;

Triki (triki woo was a dog in "All creatures great and small" owned by Mrs. Pumfry)
Gafer
Tojam
Piggy (inside R641 EVD Range)


If I was too mention his name he'd kill me (he's 6'5" and about 135kg) but he loves rugby, dogs, and has a great sense of humour. He's responsible for all those waypoints already mentioned in previous posts.

DP

The smart azz who named "slops" at Melbourne may well have a blokey sense of humor, but in these politically correct times buddy, you may get your Azz sued off.

What on earth does "SLOPS" mean to you ?

spare me from my misery. :} .and tell me.


d6

And then there's Digla named after Dirk. 340 AS, 154 nm.

DirectAnywhere..
Close..but not close enough for this tough audience :uhoh:
ITORT EYSAW APUSS ECATT :ok:

Between Townsville & Mt. Gordon

I'd like to know who came up with GERBL to the W of BN....

An old SID (or was it a STAR?) out of Narita had the following waypoints:

Charlie
Uncle
Niece
Tango.

You fellas have got dirty minds

SLOPS = HY SLOP (an ATC's surname)

:D

Rooter