Charlie
 

OK,
As a BOF [In aviation since 1963] I KNOW the usual
"Roger" "Wilco"....but where the Chuff did "Charlie" originate:confused:
We aim to please, it keeps the cleaners happy

charlie
 

the first time i came across it being used was in the late 70s. basically it was a way of saying whether or not you copied something. i suspect as a lot of things in aviation speak it was copied from the former colonies across the pond.

Covered before
 

My understanding is Charlie = Correct.




Capt. Crosswind
Still just another number
posted 12th June 2002 02:19
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Charlie
That is Charlie, ATCO2
It comes from the Marine International Flag Code of Signals.
Flag C is the Affirmative in the Single letter code.

Charlie is the phonetic for "C". The letter "C" was used in telegraphy to indicate Correct. Another example, the letter "R" is used in telegraphy to indicate R eceipt (received) of a message. In voice communications, the old phonetic R oger is used for the same thing, i.e. message received.

;)

I'm glad to see that someone has posted about this as I have noticed that using the word 'charlie' seems to have become all the rage in the last few weeks. I guess give it a few more weeks and it will die down again.

You will hear 'Charlie' used a lot on HF communication as reception is often very poor and Charlie is internationally recognised as meaning, "Yes, correct etc".

Thanx
I "suspected" as such, but nice to have it confirmed:)
we aim to please, it keeps the cleaners happy

We don't hear "Roger-D" much nowadays......