Best voices on radio?
 

OK - another thread gave me an idea:

Let's nominate our favourite voices on the airwaves in the UK (if popular, we can always have an international version). I suggest we are looking at the following kinds of criteria (in both laydeez and gentlemen):

Sexy voice
Calm nature
Humour
General 'just make me want to use the PTT' factors

I've already expressed a preference for the lovely lady at Farnboro' LARS (Annabel, I'm told ;) ) and I think sennadog has admiration for a female ATCO at Shoreham.

Let's add to the list and put some names to faces?

Hersh

I'm seeing a possible navex here.... ;)

New item to add to pre-nav-ex check-list:

- Ensure favourite ATCO is on shift for planned flight time.

:D

FFF
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I am reminded of a mate of mine. At his first job after leaving school, a large enterprise, he struck up a conversation with a very lovely sounding telephone switchboard operator. Over the weeks they became more and more chatty, until he eventually asked him to meet her at a local pub after work. This was the first time he had ever seen her though... it did not end well... :(

Of course, that is one of the universal truths that one learns when using the telephone a lot - I suppose it must apply to the radio too!
Lets just hope we never get two-way video-radio comms in a/c, we deserve to at least be able to dream...

Any excuse and I'll transit Shoreham - I may even invest in ANR just to receive those dulcet tones more clearly!:D

Just to balance it up, there is a bloke at Redhill with a slight Northern accent who is also very good - his voice carries well on the RT. Also flying across the Eastern edge of London there is a guy who is sometimes on (can't remember the service but it's the one that also deals with Magimixs going along the Thames) who sounds vaguely like Sean Connery.

I agree with Hersham Boy about the individual womanning the Farnborough LARS. It is odd how some voices carry better and I suppose it's the same as using a telephone, smile first and speak slightly more slowly than normal and this comes across in your transmit.

:D

Think the one at Shoreham has just recently got married. Don't quote me on that though. :)

Both my faves at the mo'. But non beat the one up at EDI ;)

Best voices on radio
 

This one might well copy to "ATC issues"....
WS

sennadog back peddles quickly
 

Cheers for the heads up on that Big Red L . I just think she has a good voice that's all. Just in case her husband is one of those big buggas who likes wielding as axe. :eek:

Hahahaha, its something like that Senna, or maybe she has just had a baby or something....... :)

White Shadow I am going to copy it when it has quite a few more posts in it. :)

Try flying in the south west states with an english accent ! I got asked to "say again cos you sound so cute with that sexy accent". Another time air traffic started asking me a load of questions about my (pretty ordinary really) 182 until another pilot cut in and said " you're only asking her all that to hear that accent some more". Myself - I like listening to french air traffic saying "you're number one".

No one told me my accent was sexy when I flew out there :( In fact, the only time anyone mentioned my accent on the radio was when a local pilot decided to cross the runway as I was just about to land at an uncontrolled field. I reminded him that I was "very short final", and he replied that he'd be well clear before I was down, and how long had I been practicing the British accent for? :confused: I guess that's a disadvantage of being male.

Once I was out drinking, shopping or eating, though, it was a different story ;)

FFF
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Gabi's your girl at Shoreham. Think Patsy may have move on now?

You guys....
 

I wasn't after a date.... ;) Hersh has a bird already and she gets upset if I start lavishing attention (as in, I don't want all of my stuff in a burning pyre on the front lawn!).

I'm still after names, though - I think we can get a bit of a league table going here... and, sennadog , bwahaha about the EGKR and London Info comments. I'm sure our home ATCO will be blushing as we speak :D

Hersh

There is a lovely young lady on Shawbury Radar, she is calming, reassuring and oh soooooooo sexy:) Don't know her name but she has a voice to die for!

JWF:D

Well, anybody who has flown out of Long Beach. California (Julian?) may well have heard the lady tower controller who has a voice like liquid honey? I thought voices like that were only available on 0898 numbers - not that I've ever called them you understand!!!!! I was lucky enough to have her as my controller during some night flying around the LA Basin, and she was a welcome voice to come home to......

The girl on Sohreham approach always sounds nice, also the girl on Rochester Info on Sunday sounded very nice. I've also heard a lovely voice on Manston Approach. Got no idea of their names though.

Sumburgh has a lovely lady too.


...and if she's reading this, my front seat pax. said the landing was definitely 9.5 & no rounding down allowed. :D

Try listening to Kate at Coventry............when that runway is
damp, damp, damp, the mind wonders !!!

Steady lads steady...
On another note quite enjoyed the ATIS the other Monday morning usual "adivise controller you have information B on first contact with Shoreham Approach on 123.15 (high pitched goon-esque voice in background) "that's me that is!"