1. overheard a student: twr, tomahawk xxx 10 mls south, inbound on Juliet.
2. in Napa Valley: twr: cessnaxxx taxi in position and hold. She replies taxi into position and hold and then the mike gets stuck. Uhhh taxi in position and uuhhhh hold. Taxi into so i have to taxi and hold uhhh. What am I supposed to do now? Taxi in position and hold. This goes on for several minutes and twr is asking who's got a stuck mike, not realizing that nobody can't answer him. I get a hold of twr on the ground freq and they finally send a car over to the cessna that is now sitting on the runway asking to herself: when do I get a t/o clearance?
3. myself after landing at Atlantic City: twr: after touch down: taxi to parking , give me a good time. I had never heard that expression so I was thinking, yeah I'm having a good time, nice day to be flying, very nice landing. Twr Nxxxx, give me a good time, Learjet on 1/2 mile final. Now my instructor is getting nervous and tells me to hurry up. Oh is that what twr means with having a good time??
4. near RDU: dept: airline xxx climb to aaa, turn right heading bbb , ccc kts, when passing xyz climb to FL ddd, normal speed.
Reply: sorry sir, that are some big numbers for a small mind, can you repeate all of that but a bit slower?
5. On a joint military/civilian airport in western europe: a russian antonov freighter is trying to get a departure clearance. Delivery reads it of several times but the russians can't get it right, their english is so horrible. Finally clnc goes: antonov, turn right 090, climb and maintain 5000', you'll be in Germany very soon and they can deal with you getting you to moscow.
6. from a Eurocontrol controller: Ahh Clipper 103, welcome, you're cleared direct (releasing the mike) to Lockerby
Eurocontrol, Good morning, Lufthansa xxx at FL yyy, information zzz would like to go direct to Frankfurt if possible.
Lufthansa xxx, this is Eurocontrol, can you repeate everything after good morning?