Call signs

Jay Honeck wrote:

Maybe ATC should just call us all "high wings" and "low wings"...

Or eagles and turkeys, respectively. :-)


Ahem. That would be "femmes" and "studs", respectively...

;-)

Nah, high wings have broad shoulders and a narrow waist. Low wings have
rounded shoulders and wide hips. Now tell me again which is the stud? :-)


Matt

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Mike
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"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
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Maybe ATC should just call us all "high wings" and "low wings"...

Or eagles and turkeys, respectively. :-)

Ahem. That would be "femmes" and "studs", respectively...

;-)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

"Jay Honeck" wrote

Maybe ATC should just call us all "high wings" and "low wings"...

Since there are experimentals, and spam cans coming in to OSH at the end of
July, AND there is no two way communications, that is what they do, right?
--
Jim in NC

Maybe ATC should just call us all "high wings" and "low wings"...

Since there are experimentals, and spam cans coming in to OSH at the end
of
July, AND there is no two way communications, that is what they do, right?

Actually, I'm always deeply impressed with how accurately the controllers
refer to all the different aircraft BY NAME.

They aren't always 100% correct -- but they're waaaaay better than average.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Jay Honeck wrote:

Maybe ATC should just call us all "high wings" and "low wings"...

Sometimes they do. Especially when something unusual like a Maule winds up in
the area.

George Patterson
Why do men's hearts beat faster, knees get weak, throats become dry,
and they think irrationally when a woman wears leather clothing?
Because she smells like a new truck.

On 4 Jun 2005 14:52:07 -0700, "buttman" wrote:

And
you'd think with all the 172s in existance I'd come across a single
instance of a pilot using "Skyhawk" in their call sign, but I've yet to
witness one.

I fly a 172, and always call myself 'Skyhawk'. I'm surprised that
you've really never heard someone call themselves that...

Although on occasion, even though I *always* call myself Skyhawk (my
instructor thumped me for 'Cessna' once) I will come across a
controller who after the inital exchange of info to get advisories
will say '194SP, say type aircraft', even though he got it 30 seconds
ago. I understand why, it's just amusing to me.

aw

Somehow this has become a "thing" with ATC. All PA28's are Cherokees.
It is because someone got uptight about all the different Pipers that
were PA28's (the ICAO Identifier), but yet named differently. You use
the ICAO 4 letter ID (all aircraft have one, and only ONE), on your
flight plan, BTW. But it seems that one ICAO identifier can encompass
many different aircraft names. Thus the confusion. The Cherokee one
seems to be the one ATC keys in on. Must be the one they use in their
training or something.