A tower controller at a nameless airport in the southeast had a reputation for screwing up the most routine things...
Me: xxxxx ground, Tiger 45210, South ramp, taxi, VFR to Charlotte 5500'.
Gnd: Tiger 210 taxi.. wind... upon departure... standby for squawk.
[we taxi about 20 feet]
Gnd: 210, say altitude.
Me: 210 is at 1048', climbing to 5500'
Gnd: 210! [starting to sound annoyed] ...uh... [sounding less annoyed] ...roger.
Me: xxxxx ground, Tiger 45210, South ramp, taxi, VFR to Charlotte 5500'.
Gnd: Tiger 210 taxi.. wind... upon departure... standby for squawk.
[we taxi about 20 feet]
Gnd: 210, say altitude.
Me: 210 is at 1048', climbing to 5500'
Gnd: 210! [starting to sound annoyed] ...uh... [sounding less annoyed] ...roger.
Related:
- This was at SBN (South Bend, Indiana); I was getting ready to
depart IFR for Oshkosh in a Cessna Cardinal RG.
Me: Oshkosh ground, Cessna 1546 Hotel at the ramp,... - Tower: Hotel-1, cleared to hover taxi, stay clear of Runway 16,
Cessna in the pattern doing touch and go's... - I went out to do some touch and goes today, and the ATIS ended
with a slight twist.
"...altimeter 29.93. VFR departures advise ground... - Jeff Smith
Purdue University, 210 Math Science, W.
Lafayette,... - Airborne Humor
*** Any More Complaints? ***
The controller working a busy pattern told the 727 on downwind to make a 360
(do a complete circle,
usually done to provide spacing between aircraft).... - This CFI and his Student are holding on the runway for departing cross
traffic when suddenly a deer runs out of the nearby woods,
stops in the middle of the runway, and just stands... - Fly the Friendly Skies in your Cessna
And who says our controllers don't have a sense of humor?
November 22, 1996 - Any More Complaints? The controller... - Direct from the ABS convention at IWS (West Houston,
TX): On arrival day for the ABS convention, an FAA... - Heard at the Oakland, Ca airport:
Pilot: Oakland Ground,
Cessna 1234 at Sierra Academy, Taxi, Destination...
