It's good to know that some pilots have a sense of humor. Here are some conversations that airline passengers normally don't hear. The following are actual exchanges between airline pilots and control towers from around the world: <br><br>While taxiing at London Gatwick, the crew of a US Air flight departing for Ft. Lauderdale made a wrong turn and came nose to nose with a United 767. An irate female ground controller lashed out at the US Air crew, screaming: &quot;US Air 2771, where the hell are you going? I told you to turn right onto Charlie taxiway! You turned right on Delta! Stop right there. I know it's difficult for you to tell the difference between Cs and Ds, but get it right!&quot; Continuing her tirade to the embarrassed crew, she was now shouting hysterically: &quot;God, you've screwed everything up! It'll take forever to sort this out! You stay right there and don't move till I tell you to! You can expect progressive taxi instructions in about half an hour and I want you to go exactly where I tell you, when I tell you, and how I tell you! You got &gt;that, US Air 2771?&quot; &quot;Yes ma'am,&quot; the humbled crew responded. Naturally the ground control frequency went terribly silent after the verbal bashing of US Air 2771. Nobody wanted to engage the irate ground controller in her current state. Tension in every cockpit at LGW was running high. Then an unknown pilot broke the silence and asked: &quot;Wasn't I married to you once?&quot; <br><br><br>A DC-10 had an exceedingly long rollout after landing with his approach speed a little high. San Jose Tower: &quot;American 751 heavy, turn right at the end of the runway, if able. If not able, take the Guadalupe exit off Highway 101, make a right at the lights and return to the airport.&quot; <br><br><br>Unknown aircraft: &quot;I'm f...ing bored!&quot; Air Traffic Control: &quot;Last aircraft transmitting, identify yourself immediately!&quot; Unknown aircraft: &quot;I said I was f...ing bored, not f...ing stupid!&quot; <br><br><br>Tower: &quot;Eastern 702, cleared for takeoff, contact Departure on 124.7&quot; Eastern 702: &quot;Tower, Eastern 702 switching to Departure. By the way, after we lifted off we saw some kind of dead animal on the far end of the runway.&quot; Tower: &quot;Continental 635, cleared for takeoff, contact Departure on 124.7. Did you copy that report from Eastern 702?&quot; Continental 635: &quot;Continental 635, cleared for takeoff, roger; and yes, we copied Eastern and have already notified our caterers....&quot; <br><br><br>The German air controllers at Frankfurt Airport are renowned as a short-tempered lot. They not only expect one to know one's gate parking location, but how to get there without any assistance from them. So it was with some amusement that we (a Pan Am 747) listened to the following exchange between Frankfurt ground control and a British Airways 747, call sign &quot;Speedbird 206&quot;: Speedbird 206: &quot;Frankfurt, Speedbird 206 clear of active runway.&quot; Ground: &quot;Speedbird 206. Taxi to gate Alpha One-Seven.&quot; The BA 747 pulled onto the main taxiway and slowed to a stop. Ground: &quot;Speedbird, do you not know where you are going?&quot; Speedbird 206: &quot;Stand by, Ground, I'm looking up our gate location now.&quot; Ground (with arrogant impatience): &quot;Speedbird 206, have you not been to Frankfurt before?&quot; Speedbird 206 (coolly): &quot;Yes, twice in 1944 but it was dark and I didn't stop.&quot; <br><br><br>O'Hare Approach Control: &quot;United 329 heavy, your traffic is a Fokker, One o'clock, three miles, eastbound.&quot; United 239: &quot;Approach, I've always wanted to say this... I've got the little Fokker in sight.&quot; <br><br><br>A PanAm 727 flight engineer waiting for start clearance in Munich Overheard the following: Lufthansa (in German): &quot;Ground, what is our start clearance time?&quot; Ground (in English): &quot;If you want an answer you must speak English.&quot; Lufthansa (in English): &quot;I am a German, flying a German airplane, in Germany. Why must I speak English?&quot; Unknown voice (in a beautiful British accent): &quot;Because you lost the bloody war!&quot;<br><br>

 

Brings back fond memories. Probably the most interesting comments I ever heard was on ORD departure when a stuck mike allowed us to hear what the controllers say when the mike isn't keyed.<br><br>The Fokker thing....I've said that one myself a time or two.

 

Just out of curiosity, how many of you here are aviators? Personally I am one, I fly both Helicopter and Seized rotor (fixed wing)...

 

aviators? fixed - mostly experimental . factory = boring &amp; old. Quite a few pilots I expect , I have noticed references from several others. <br>Control &quot;If you don't want this ole suthin boy to keep flyin straight ----you better talk at a speed I and my brain can understand ! ! &quot;

 

Cross trained to pull pitch in UH-1D <br>

 

The majority of my flying was done at - (minus) 400 ft and greater (in a negative direction).

 

I talked to alot of military pilots in a former life. Does that count?? <br><br>~Dave

 

I've seen &quot;Top Gun&quot; a couple-a hundred times.

 

[quote author=Shovelhead link=board=10;threadid=10108;start=0#96709 date=1043595296]<br>I've seen &quot;Top Gun&quot; a couple-a hundred times. <br>[/quote]<br><br>Watches Ed do a low flyby of the HVAC office, in full afterburner 8)

 

I've got a few hours. Navy and Braniff airlines.<br>Here's another airline joke.<br>Do you know what separates flight attendants from the lowest form of life on earth?<br>The cockpit door.

 

Use to teach people how to jump out of helicopters, and how to load them.

 

I have been known to enjoy unusual attitudes in small airframes with LARGE engines. Some people don't understand what fun is