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July 1st 07, 12:35 PM
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Bad Engrish?
On Sun, 1 Jul 2007 11:31:38 +0200, Wolfgang Schwanke
wrote: Indeed, there was quite a fuss a year or two ago when controllers at Charles de Gaulle demanded that American and British pilots speak in French. Unless I missed that news item, you may be mixing some facts up. They are speaking in French to French crews and English to everyone else. No, they spoke to the English-speaking flight crews in French. That was the cause of the celebre. Blue skies! -- Dan Ford Claire Chennault and His American Volunteers, 1941-1942 forthcoming from HarperCollins www.flyingtigersbook.com 
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