[Rhodes22-list] Finally in the Water

[Hank]

In a previous life I worked as an avionics technician for the Army.  We had
one test pilot who always used the call sign "Test Horselips One".  I still
remember coming into one airfield where the exchange with the tower went
something like this.

"La Guardia Tower, Test Horselips one, request permission to land and taxi
to fuel"

"Uhh, Test, uhh, test lips one, cleared as requested"

You could just tell that the tower had no Idea what to say.

btw, this was camp La Guardia in Korea, not the airport in NY.

Hank

On 9/1/07, Robert Skinner <robert at squirrelhaven.com> wrote:
>
> Hank wrote:
> > We're juggling two names right now.  "Joint Venture" since the two of us
> > went in together on her or "TANSTAAFL" since she ended up being being
> more
> > expensive than we expected...
>
> "TANSTAAFL to Bridge - request an opening."
>
> "What's a TANSTAAFL?"
>
> "It's my boat.  Please open the bridge."
>
> "Is that a Scandinavian name?"
>
> "No, it's an acronym."
>
> "What kind of boat is that?"
>
> .
> .
> .
>
> You sure you want to do that?
>
> /Robert
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