Web Zen: Talk Like a Pilot Zen

Posted by Xeni Jardin, May 18, 2009 12:28 PM | permalink

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pilot #1
pilot phrases
pilot #2
how to talk like a pilot
pilot #3

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#1 posted by Brainspore, May 18, 2009 12:54 PM

"What will ye then that I shall do unto him whom ye call the King of the Jews?"

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#2 posted by grimc, May 18, 2009 12:56 PM

"Joey, do you like movies about gladiators?"

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#3 posted by bogartnoir, May 18, 2009 12:58 PM

lv tht thr's cnsrshp gng n nw.
dd y CTLLY dlt my pst?

wht bnch f fckng hypcrts.

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#4 posted by dbarak, May 18, 2009 12:58 PM

Looks like everyone is flying "zip lip..."

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#5 posted by dbarak, May 18, 2009 1:00 PM

Looks like I keyed the mic a bit too soon...

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#6 posted by McChud, May 18, 2009 1:05 PM

kids in the hall chaser > unicorn chaser

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#7 posted by arkizzle / Moderator, May 18, 2009 1:06 PM

BogartNoir,

Questions about moderation go in the Moderation Thread.

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#8 posted by arkizzle / Moderator, May 18, 2009 1:10 PM

That Airplane Roger/Clarence/Victor routine had me in stiches.. Brilliant :)

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#9 posted by bogartnoir, May 18, 2009 1:13 PM

there is no question whatsoever. my post was deleted because xeni can.
and it's a damn shame this was the only place i could post this because i love kids in the hall.

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#10 posted by arkizzle / Moderator, May 18, 2009 1:18 PM

"..it's a damn shame this was the only place.."

Moderation Thread.

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#11 posted by bobhughes, May 18, 2009 1:59 PM

argh, what a let-down. I thought this was gonna really show how to talk like a pilot, stuff like "ghost leader, FAC. enemy formations zero-one-five, 12 at angels 20, one-niner-zero".

now someone else talk like a pilot!

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#12 posted by bobhughes, May 18, 2009 2:00 PM

oh, nvm i just now looked at the bottom links

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#13 posted by Anonymous, May 18, 2009 2:11 PM

Pleasantly surprised you linked to talk like a pilot day. I'd forgotten that it's tomorrow.

CowJam (talklikeapilot day)

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#14 posted by dbarak, May 18, 2009 2:15 PM

@ #11 posted by bobhughes

How about something like "After I bounce tonight I'm going to grab some auto-dog, assuming I can get a plane that's not tits up. Alpha Mike Foxtrot."

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#15 posted by bobhughes, May 18, 2009 2:43 PM

my favs have to be the radio calls from Quake 2

"Red Leader, this is Papa Sierra 3 3. We need some paint on the ground for payload."
"Mother Goose, target is painted and green for FOX 3. ECM is active and I'm going VFR for payload delivery."
"We got a fix on target, but no lock. Reestablish contact with ground unit and paint us a clean target."

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#16 posted by dbarak, May 18, 2009 2:49 PM

If you want to hear some REAL exciting aviation audio, check this out:

http://www.alexisparkinn.com/photogallery/Videos/2006-migshootdown.wav

It's the radio traffic from the F-14 shoot-down of a Libyan MiG on January 4, 1989.

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#17 posted by bobhughes, May 18, 2009 3:00 PM

oh yeah here's one of my favorite guides for fighter jargon
http://www.worldaccessnet.com/~delta6/radio2.htm
(not my site, all rights reserved or whatev)

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#18 posted by bobhughes, May 18, 2009 3:07 PM

@16 thanks, that was very exciting!

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#19 posted by dbarak, May 18, 2009 3:14 PM

@ #18 posted by bobhughes

That's something that maybe happens once in a generation. That's a good thing, but it leaves a void in really cool audio. ; )

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#20 posted by arkizzle / Moderator, May 18, 2009 3:18 PM

DBarack & BobHughes

That really was a crazy clip! And made all the creepier for the mouth-breather in the background the whole time :)

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#21 posted by dbarak, May 18, 2009 3:24 PM

@ #20 posted by arkizzle

"...mouth-breather..."

I have a feeling a lot of Navy pilots would consider their backseaters to be mouth breathers.

(Not really of course.)

By the way, the "tone" he refers to is the tone made by a Sidewinder missile targeting system, which tells the crew when the heat-seeker head is locked onto a jet's exhaust.

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#22 posted by pjcamp, May 18, 2009 7:30 PM

But where is Biggles???

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#23 posted by js7a, May 18, 2009 10:30 PM

AWE1549: ah this is uh cactus fifteen thirty nine hit birds we lost thrust in both engines we’re turning back towards laguardia

L116: ok yea you need to return to laguardia turn left heading two two zero

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L116: cactus fifteen twenty nine if we can get it to you do you want to try to land runway one three

AWE1549: we’re unable we may end up in the hudson

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L116: alright cactus fifteen forty nine it’s going to be left traffic to runway three one