Strange waypoint names
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Great thread, keep it going.
Here's one for when you need to rid yourself of angst and frustration, must be said with a Scottish accent, found over Med to M.East (I think, I was half asleep at the time)
"Did ya say BELIX, man?"
Just south of the Irag border..
RAG 'ED (the punctuation's mine!)
The only thing that keeps me going, after an early 'Red Eye' start, returning from the M.East, is to be told to report;
"CHABY"
[This message has been edited by EESDL (edited 06 March 2001).]
Here's one for when you need to rid yourself of angst and frustration, must be said with a Scottish accent, found over Med to M.East (I think, I was half asleep at the time)
"Did ya say BELIX, man?"
Just south of the Irag border..
RAG 'ED (the punctuation's mine!)
The only thing that keeps me going, after an early 'Red Eye' start, returning from the M.East, is to be told to report;
"CHABY"
[This message has been edited by EESDL (edited 06 March 2001).]
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a couple of reporting points i saw when over in the US off the coast of florida: JAWWS is east of miami, and VITTU west of orlando (for those who may not know vittu is a very insulting word in Finnish for a part of lower female anatomy - i'm pretty sure that NOS don't know this!)
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Capt waffoo i think that the insperation for the ABBOT waypoint was not the fine product of the greene king brewery but comic stars of TV and screen after all ASKEY ,LOREL,BUSTA,ABBOT, RODNI ,BOYSI,and DELBO all have comic links but on the other hand perhaps the whole lot was inspired by a good night in the pub !
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RAGED!!!!! Amazing!
Sure nice to know the folks at the ICAO waypoint naming centre, oops!, it's probably actually a center, have a senzavumor.
Has anyone ever complained about a waypoint and got it changed, after all RAGED is hardly pc is it (thank Christ for that too).
Is there a TAFFY or a PADDY in the appropriate areas? Why not a FFROG or a KRAUT near Strasbourg, or a POLAK a bit further East, ot a LIMEY for that matter? These at least are relatively innocuous national nick-names
That Saudi example is directly equivalent to a NIGGA off the coast of Mississippi. How do they get away with it?
I'm gobsmacked!
Sure nice to know the folks at the ICAO waypoint naming centre, oops!, it's probably actually a center, have a senzavumor.
Has anyone ever complained about a waypoint and got it changed, after all RAGED is hardly pc is it (thank Christ for that too).
Is there a TAFFY or a PADDY in the appropriate areas? Why not a FFROG or a KRAUT near Strasbourg, or a POLAK a bit further East, ot a LIMEY for that matter? These at least are relatively innocuous national nick-names
That Saudi example is directly equivalent to a NIGGA off the coast of Mississippi. How do they get away with it?
I'm gobsmacked!
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MIRSI is certainly named after the wonderful River Mersey. Dunno why because as you say MIRSI is very close to Skelmersdale, an overflow town for Liverpool (basically).
DAYNE, CALDA and RIBEL also being similarly named after rivers of course
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