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Mike,
Nothing has changed. You only hear callsigns on the comms when it is between aircraft and that is seldom. Now in the ready room, O'club.... that is a different story. You made me think of an old friend named Dick Richards. He was the lead test pilot on the F/A-18 program with Ken Grubbs as #2. You have to wonder what parent would name their child Richard Richards? Well, Dick did pretty good for himself. Went on to NASA and flew 3 shuttle missions. Grubbo is a test pilot at Lockheed. He was one of 2 Navy test pilots who flew the F117 program out of Tonopah before they went public. JD "Mike Kanze" wrote in message ... Not trying to pick a nit here, but what we're really talking about here are individuals' squadron nicknames - NOT callsigns. The only time I ever heard radio transmissions directed to "Foggy" Bottom or "Smokey" Stover was over the squadron base frequency. At all other times (in the pattern, talking to ARTCC, etc.) it was "Lizard 504" or "Navy 95512". Unless things have changed and RT discipline has taken a weird turn since I last flew, I think a part of the problem lies with the movie TOP GUN, where "Maverick", "Slider", "Charlie", etc. are referred to as callsigns. -- Mike Kanze 436 Greenbrier Road Half Moon Bay, California 94019-2259 USA 650-726-7890 "I've had a lot of calls asking if my dog Ernest was running for Governor. I explained to each caller that Ernest died several years ago, to which the usual response has been, 'So what?' Come to think of it, would a dead dog running for Governor make California look any more weird than it already does?" - Al Shugart, Chairman - Friends of Ernest (San José Mercury-News, 8-16-03) "Bob McKellar" wrote in message ... C Lee wrote: I flew with a "Fudge" Packard and a D'jock "Strap". Giz "Elmshoot" wrote in message ... There was a Tomcat with the guys last name was Packer maybe his first name was Larry but I don't remember. Call sign "Fudge" My call sign, "Sparky" A few questions about the whole call sign thingie: 1: When did it start? 2. Is there an official component to this silliness, such as a central registry? Is it on a squadron level or higher up? 2 (A). So what about duplicates/recycling? 3. Is this a Navy/USMC only practice? Bob McKellar |
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