12 September 2013, 03:05
londonhunterEnglish pilots
The German air controllers at Frankfurt Airport are renowned as a short-tempered lot. They not only expect one to know one's gate parking location, but how to get there without any assistance from them. So it was with some amusement that we (a Pan Am 747) listened to the following exchange between Frankfurt ground control and a British Airways 747, call sign Speedbird 206.
Speedbird 206: 'Frankfurt, Speedbird 206 clear of active runway.'
Ground: 'Speedbird 206. Taxi to gate Alpha One-Seven.'
The BA 747 pulled onto the main taxiway and slowed to a stop.
Ground: 'Speedbird, do you not know where you are going?'
Speedbird 206: 'Stand by, Ground, I'm looking up our gate location now.'
Ground round (with quite arrogant impatience): 'Speedbird 206, have you not been to Frankfurt t before?'
Speedbird 206 (coolly): 'Yes, twice in 1944, but it was dark, -- And I didn't land
12 September 2013, 03:46
MarkI thought the punchline was "Because you lost the war!"
12 September 2013, 04:00
Idaho SharpshooterI first heard that about forty-five years ago.
It was funny then, and it is even funnier now...
12 September 2013, 08:55
NormanConquestYears ago in college here in Texas,my friend's dad came up to visit + we went over to Warlburg (small German community) to get some beer + sausage.Roy's dad says,"yeah I remember Warlburg,we bombed it."
12 September 2013, 09:33
londonhunterGuys
Don't mention the war
You will upset the English ......
13 September 2013, 00:11
ranb40quote:
Originally posted by Mark:
I thought the punchline was "Because you lost the war!"
The joke for that punchline is this.
A Lufthansa airliner is landing at an airport near Frankfurt and receiving directions to the gate. He replies in German instead of English. When chided for not using the usual English on the radio he gets irritated and says, "I'm a German pilot for a German airline at a German airport, why do I have to speak English?" A voice with a thick British accent comes online and says, "Because you lost the war!"
Ranb
21 September 2013, 08:24
lavacaRelated joke, similar preamble. Female controller berates the pilot for taking a wrong turn calling him every name in the book. There is a silence in the radio traffic and another pilot breaks radio silence and says "Was I married to you once?".
22 September 2013, 03:02
Markquote:
Originally posted by ranb40:
quote:
Originally posted by Mark:
I thought the punchline was "Because you lost the war!"
The joke for that punchline is this.
A Lufthansa airliner is landing at an airport near Frankfurt and receiving directions to the gate. He replies in German instead of English. When chided for not using the usual English on the radio he gets irritated and says, "I'm a German pilot for a German airline at a German airport, why do I have to speak English?" A voice with a thick British accent comes online and says, "Because you lost the war!"
Ranb
Ran,
Properly told, you also need to add that the pilot was flying a Dornier 328 or other model, so on top of everything else he's flying a German plane as well. Often the joke is told using a Fokker aircraft, but Fokker is a Dutch company so you can correct anyone who tells it that way.
22 September 2013, 09:53
NormanConquestAddendum: Tony Fokker( the designer-architect of the D7 + DR3) was not only Dutch but Jewish as well. No issue in WW1. Just for those who might care a little bit about history.And yes he had other aircraft designs as well but this makes the point of issue.
