Cruzin Chris Posted January 26, 2008 Posted January 26, 2008 What is the worse tongue twister N-number (or call sign) You have ever dealt with? Here are two of mine.... I got up with approach today and couldn’t say N336HH. Say it out loud a few times… When asked to repeat it, I said it wrong and the controller shortened the wrong number/letters back to me. Talk about getting off to a bad start this morning. I had a call sign on a check ride in the Air Force that was “Wild 1”. So I was on the ILS approach at Andrews AFB to Rwy 1R. Try saying this fast “Andrews tower, Wild 1 with you on Rwy 1 Right. Any others out there? Quote
gft Posted January 26, 2008 Posted January 26, 2008 My fixed wing is N30538.There's no rythm to it, it's a mouthful for everyone-Controlers stumble through it constantly-I'm forever correcting them when they call back to 35308 or 3538-Some immediately shorten it to 538, making life easier for both of us.I've applied with the faa for a number swap and am awaiting the paper work. gft Quote
67november Posted January 26, 2008 Posted January 26, 2008 My fixed wing is N30538.There's no rythm to it, it's a mouthful for everyone-Controlers stumble through it constantly-I'm forever correcting them when they call back to 35308 or 3538-Some immediately shorten it to 538, making life easier for both of us.I've applied with the faa for a number swap and am awaiting the paper work. gft try 30 awt 538 (like 30.06 rifle) Quote
klmmarine Posted January 26, 2008 Posted January 26, 2008 One of our instrument trainers is N310KD... Quote
gft Posted January 26, 2008 Posted January 26, 2008 try 30 awt 538 (like 30.06 rifle) That's a pretty good tip-Think I'll try it out. Thanks,gft Quote
lelebebbel Posted January 26, 2008 Posted January 26, 2008 (edited) 4000Y... "Tower, helicopter four zero zero zero zero ... wait.... zero zero zero... zero... ehh helicopter fourthousand yankee has traffic in sight" Edited January 26, 2008 by lelebebbel Quote
Goldy Posted January 26, 2008 Posted January 26, 2008 We had two easy ones, 994HV and 23VH. The tough one is the old Bell, N74084...I hate all numbers. Goldy Quote
Cruzin Chris Posted January 26, 2008 Author Posted January 26, 2008 4000Y... "Tower, helicopter four zero zero zero zero ... wait.... zero zero zero... zero... ehh helicopter fourthousand yankee has traffic in sight" Yikes!!! That's a bad one! Quote
C.R.O. Posted January 26, 2008 Posted January 26, 2008 4000Y... "Tower, helicopter four zero zero zero zero ... wait.... zero zero zero... zero... ehh helicopter fourthousand yankee has traffic in sight" Don't forget 2223P. I always hear that one and think, "wait, how many two's did they say?" I think 8072X is kinda a tough one to say quickly. In regards to 4000Y, thank God that the towers also calls it "four thousand Yankee". Quote
Eric Hunt Posted January 26, 2008 Posted January 26, 2008 Not an N-callsign, but I heard a pilot making a mess of AYT, calling it "Alfa Yalfa Tango... err.. Alfa Yankee Tangee .. err .. Yalfo Anky Tangee .. arr, stuff it, Ay Why Tee!" Quote
PA Pilot Posted January 26, 2008 Posted January 26, 2008 Many years ago, when I was a fixed-wing student, the club had a Warrior with tail number N34544. I seem to remember Atlantic City Approach taking three tries to get it right... Quote
Vaqueroaero Posted January 26, 2008 Posted January 26, 2008 707SJ seemed to cause problems for people. However I remember flying through a restricted area in 268ST and talking to a trainee controller. By the time she got it right I had just about flown through the airspace and was ready for a frequency change. Quote
RockyMountainPilot Posted January 26, 2008 Posted January 26, 2008 707SJ seemed to cause problems for people. However I remember flying through a restricted area in 268ST and talking to a trainee controller. By the time she got it right I had just about flown through the airspace and was ready for a frequency change. I am flying a 321SR right now. There are only like 6 letters with three syllabus, and we have two. I think I, J, N, R, S, U, are the only letters with three syllabus. I used to fly an xxxAA which always came out as Alfalfa. It was easier to say and all the controllers said it too. Quote
delorean Posted January 26, 2008 Posted January 26, 2008 Man, I've had my fill of them, but the absolute worst I ever came across: N5555F.....Five-Five-Five-Five-Foxtrot. It was a TB-20. We had a few helicopters with some bad numbers too, especially for students: 442FA and 444PH. We cut those down to "Four-Four-Two-Fox-Alpha" or "Triple Four-Papa-Ho" until we got call signs for them. 23418 was the easiest. We have it pretty easy with the FAA's rules on using number/letter combinations. I imagine it would be twice as bad if we like most other countries and used all letters. Here's some fun vanity ones I've seen..... N7UP for a soft drink companyN1KE for a shoe/sporting good companyN45LU on a my college's donated King Air (looks like 4SLU....for Saint Louis University) FAA owns most of the one number registrations (N1, N2, etc.) Quote
Autorotator Posted January 26, 2008 Posted January 26, 2008 44FE was the worst I had that I can remember. Quote
Chi-town Posted January 26, 2008 Posted January 26, 2008 I flew a ship for a while that was N8888B. It sucked. Quote
Guest pokey Posted January 26, 2008 Posted January 26, 2008 mines easy: 3TF but i aint cheep,,,,, Quote
FauxZ Posted January 26, 2008 Posted January 26, 2008 School has N1118N. Students can't ever call it right, tower always adds a few 1's, and when a student tries to abbreiviate it, it always ends up "N111." Quote
Witch Posted January 26, 2008 Posted January 26, 2008 My brother was an A&P in Tucson for a while. Once he said that the company worked on a plane whose number was N166ER. He said the 6's look more like G's. You do the math. I did an N number search one time and the plane does exist, but I'm not too sure about the story, especially about the plane being owned by Bill Cosby. Anyhow, it's a story. As for tongue twisters, 80666. Later Quote
Cruzin Chris Posted January 26, 2008 Author Posted January 26, 2008 I flew a ship for a while that was N8888B. It sucked. Wow! That's a tough one. Quote
nbit Posted January 27, 2008 Posted January 27, 2008 Wow! That's a tough one. I've had several call signs with repeating digits. Flying two now with repeating letters and numbers that all have multiple syllables in them.... I have said something like "November triple two mike yankee" or "November niner double two gulf kilo". I know it may not be 'correct', but have gotten a couple of thank you's from controllers for stating them in such a way after having them get tongue tied... Quote
propwasher Posted January 27, 2008 Posted January 27, 2008 Thread creep............An old girlfriend was a controller at a VFR field. She told me that once when she was alone in the tower a Cherokee called her on ground and said "Piper Two Peter Charlie at the FBO, taxi for takeoff". She gave him taxi instructions - about 10 seconds later she hears "One Peter Ken at the T-hangars in Cessna 45RT, also ready for taxi". Things came to a standstill for a few minutes while she tried to stop laughing and compose herself! Further thread creep: Female controller trying out a new mike on ground - she's just given a taxi clearance to a Boeing. She calls him back and says " Continental 434, am I a little fuzzy?" He replies "I don't know - how old are you?" Quote
PhotoFlyer Posted January 27, 2008 Posted January 27, 2008 We have a fixed wing called 739LU. All the students, and the instructors constantly get it wrong... 739 lemur umiform9er limaform739er uniform I've heard 'em all, and laugh every time. Our helicopters are easy, 1104Z and 432MS Quote
TheLorax Posted January 27, 2008 Posted January 27, 2008 bill cosby does own a plane. he tore out some seats and put a bed in the back. i met a guy who's an instructor @ TSU in houston and has some video of when he ran into bill at some random airport in a state bill was doing standup at. apparently celebrities the likes of him like to use out of the way airports. the video he had was of bill doing the "jello" bit at the FBO. Quote
gft Posted January 28, 2008 Posted January 28, 2008 try 30 awt 538 (like 30.06 rifle) Ok-So today I took the Saratoga out for a $100 hamburger run.Thought I'd give the "30 awt 538" a try.Ground got it right, replied with "30 awt 538", I was thrilled-It was short lived, the tower called me 3538 departing and 35038 arriving.Oh well, I sure hope the tail number change paper work arrives from the FAA this week- gft Quote
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