cool callsigns

[Captain X]

We heard "John Deere" the other day. The FO and I had a bet going whether the airplane was green with yellow accents or the reverse.

 

[Princedietrich]

Call Sign CHARLIE

THose of u aviation nerds will understand!

We were communicating, keeping up foreign relations.

You know, giving him the bird.

 

[Texan Driver]

I like 'Expert', I hear them out of Lemmore NAS all the time.

Don't know if they still use it, but Narley (or knarly) by the Gaurd Vipers out of FAT.

 

[BlackPilot628]

"Marlin" I think is Chantilly Air out of Manassas VA. Just a guess.

You would be correct.

 

[Lrjtcaptain]

Got an R&I at work on a new Genot for a new callsign, forgot the companies name but the callsign is "Thunder Cloud." Pretty cool.

There was an airline a few years back that was the greatest airline in the world, had a great callsign "TWA"

I miss that airline!

 

[icefr8dawg]

As a kid listening to the scanner late into the night...

"Tigerline" flying tigers, Defunt
"Cokie" Island Express, Defunct
"Skibble" Now Labquest?

"Rattler" Air Now, someone told me it was the bosses callsign in the military

 

[Fury220]

We were communicating, keeping up foreign relations.

You know, giving him the bird.

You know...the finger...


...yes, Goose...I know...the finger.


Sorry -- I hate it when it does that.

 

[pilotmiketx]

Gotta love it. If no one ever posted what has already been posted we would have nothing to say to one another and I would have nothing to whine about.

That thread is 3 years old, give the poster a break.

Yeah, what he said...anyone care to post something not already beat to death about Pay for training, or how "management doesn't know crap...yada yada yada"

 

[pilotmiketx]

"Rattler" Air Now, someone told me it was the bosses callsign in the military

Thought is was the sound the junk Banderantes make.

 

[icefr8dawg]

prolly the sound any 50,000 hour airframe makes

 

[Occam's Razor]

Some of my faves:

Aggressor flight call-signs: "Pinko", "Commie", "MiG"

Old UPS call-sign: "Browntail" (I've heard rumors why that was changed...)

VFA-___ (Can't remember, but an East Coast A-7/F-18 unit) was "War Party"...changed to "Party"

All time best: My Marine squadron Ops O beat some UASF F-15 guys to the briefing room and changed their exercise call-sign from "Pointy" to "Pansy". I nearly peed my speed-slacks every time I heard "Pansy 11 is over the Farms" or some other call. Great fun!

 

[slam_clicker]

Anyone familiar with this callsign " Jedi "? Just a wag but I believe might be military out of N.C.

 

[dojetdriver]

Who's call sign always start out with "Tango November.................."?

 

[pilotkppsg]

The C-130 unit in BNA uses "Titan" or "Hickory."

 

[pilotkppsg]

Now and then the 134th ARW in TYS uses "Big Orange" or "Vols/Volflight"

 

[flatspin7]

Who's call sign always start out with "Tango November.................."?

TNxxxxx indicates that it is an Air Taxi flight (read part 135) with out a call sign.
it is usually just the aircraft's N number.

 

[VGerect]

Going into SHV we heard a B52 doing approaches into Barksdale AFB with the call sign "DOOM ##" Sounded pretty cool from our side.

 

[mrtoy2]

Ahh ya beat me to it... "Doom" is cool. But I believe "Reach" is the best callsign. Esp. if you are taking them back home!

 

[bluelake]

I always dig the military calls. Viper, Cobra, Killr. They just sound cool, especially with their cracking UHF radios and masks.

how do you hear the UHF stuff... in my airplane, I only get VHF, except for fire fighting work?

 

[bluelake]

Clipper: Pan Am, and also briefly used by Redding Aero (if I remember correctly, they flew C402s)
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HEY. Redding Aero is BOXER now. Since we fly boxes, its hard to beat that name....

 

[landlover]

F-15 on LGA tower today -Juggernaut. now that is bada$$

 

[fdxmd11pilot]

UPS's original call sign: Brown Tail... sick, no?

 

[SkyBoy1981]

"Khaki Blue" was always an interesting one. Belonged to the now extinct Air South from the late 90's. I always liked AirTran's original callsign, "Manatee", from back when they operated the 732's out of MCO.

 

[NoPax]

My personal favorite is 'Rough Rider' - now used by Air 1st out of Tulsa,OK. Believe it used to be a military callsign.

 

[Sam Snead]

does the military have a system for assigning callsigns?

 

[taters]

In compton CA the ANG goes by "mutha Fuka" xxxx

 

[taiar]

When I use to fly cargo at night around the mid west we always heard TURBO DOG, that always sounded cool, I Guess they are a cargo operator flying lears out of FWA. I have not heard the call sign for a while.

 

[ISaidRightTurns]

how do you hear the UHF stuff... in my airplane, I only get VHF, except for fire fighting work?

I'm a controller.

 

[pin727]

I used to fly for a company, our callsign was BARNACLE, that was cool!!!

 

[Doug Parker]

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