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[sharkbate24]

Hey Everyone,

Just a quick one from me. I don't know if this has already been posted, but I'll teach you again if it already has hehe. Pilots, the police and loads of people - especially using a radio/walkie talkie; use the 'Phonetic Alphabet' as it's more accurate in spelling, afterall, you know that 'M' can sound like 'N'. You don't want to take taxiway 'M' instead of 'N' hehe.

A - Alpha
B - Bravo
C - Charlie
D - Delta
E - Echo
F - Foxtrott
G - Golf
H - Hotel
I - India
J - Juliett
K - Kilo
L - Lima
M - Mike
N - November
O - Oscar
P - Papa
Q - Quebec
R - Romeo
S - Sierra
T - Tango
U - Uniform
V - Victor
W - Whiskey
X - Xray
Y - Yankee
Z - Zulu

Hope those have helped you out. Some tips on remembering them:

R and J - Remember Romeo and Juliett, the book and film.
Y - Yankee Doodle song
X - Think of Radiation  
T - Think of the drink that fizzes up your mind  
U - If you're a pilot, think of what you're wearing right now: A uniform
O - Think of the early 1900 names hehe  .
W - Think of something you should never drink too much off  .
P - Think of the good ol' days  

Thanks guys - Hope they helped you,
I know, not very helpful,
But when I was trained these by the Royal Air Force, I thought it helped a lot, and can be quite difficult to memorize hehe.

Edited by sharkbate24, 11 April 2008 - 06:31 PM.

[miikey]

i remember when i was learning them, it can be pretty hard. good resource for all newbies

[sharkbate24]

Thanks. Yeah, I got taught by the RAF on my training hehe, and I tell you what, some are easy, others are hard to remember.

Thanks.

[Navy2]

Pretty easy to memorize

[learjet45dream]

For some reason, I remember them, but i tend to blank out when I want to think of what Q, U, V, and Y are.

[sharkbate24]

Yeah, most are easy, but theres only a small few that blank you out hehe.

Thanks

[aviatordom]

cool tut for newbies lol!

Does anyone know why the number 9 in aviation is pronounced "Niner"?

[Pierre.]

aviatordom, on Apr 12 2008, 11:57 AM, said:

cool tut for newbies lol!

Does anyone know why the number 9 in aviation is pronounced "Niner"?

I think its pronounced niner to distinguish it from five. I came across some articles while searching on google.

[fluffy]

Four is also "Fower" or some crap like that, nobody usually bothers with that or "niner" where I work, and we use the radios all of the time.

[Chief_Bean]

aviatordom, on Apr 12 2008, 10:57 AM, said:

cool tut for newbies lol!

Does anyone know why the number 9 in aviation is pronounced "Niner"?

It's not always TBH.

In real life, I've never heard it pronounced 'niner'.

fluff, on Apr 12 2008, 12:11 PM, said:

Four is also "Fower" or some crap like that, nobody usually bothers with that or "niner" where I work, and we use the radios all of the time.

Yeah, I've only heard that when the controller is talking to someone who isn't too great at English

There are a few other things too, like 'decimal' pronounced 'daycimal'.

[Visionary]

Fower and tree are for johnny foreigner I think. The only times I have heard it being said is during the training cds

[Noble.]

Things are only pronounced differently so they can be more successfully understood, for example.

WUN (it's how you're suppose to pronounce "ONE" say it to yourself, what do you notice? They sound EXACTLY the same, but with WUN you put much more emphasis on the "W" which makes transmissions a lot clearer")

Also, from an ATC's perspective, it's hard sometimes to complete transmissions without these revisions.

For example "SPEEDBIRD 144 CONTACT HEATHROW DIRECTOR, FREQUENCY 119.75"

If you pronounce it WUN WUN NINE DAYCIMAL SEVEN FIVE it doesn't flow, what does flow is...

WUN WUN NINER DAYCIMAL SEVEN FIVE

It's both a) Easier to understand from the other end and Easier for the Controller.

It's the exact reason why you don't hear Controllers say (for example)

"SPEEDBIRD 101 RUNWAY THIRTEEN LEFT, WINDS 120 at 6 knots CLEARED TO LAND"

You always hear "SPEEDBIRD 101 RUNWAY WUN THREE LEFT, WINDS 120 at 6 knots CLEARED TO LAND"

Because it's much more clear (as 13 could easily be mistaken as 30) and it's easier to say from an ATC's point of view.

Because of the method of communication you're using with ATC (VHF) things can become muffled, and generally the quality of the transmission is lowered, so these kind of things are bougth into place to prevent miscommunication, and other things.

Edited by Noble., 16 April 2008 - 06:31 PM.

[smonkcaptain]

Nice   I can say the Phonetic alphabet in 8 seconds lol. Yes i timed, im sad....

Edited by smonkcaptain, 16 April 2008 - 07:29 PM.

[Navy2]

Never crunch numbers together.

[Flying_Pie]

there's fife and tree for the controllers too

[mark_90]

Noble., on Apr 16 2008, 06:30 PM, said:

"SPEEDBIRD 101 RUNWAY THIRTEEN LEFT, WINDS 120 at 6 knots CLEARED TO LAND"

There's only one wind

[winxpro]

i remember most of them its just like I (sometimes think indigo) and a few others

[Aingramncl]

its easy to remember after a while i remember when i started learning it i thought id never beable to know it off by heart, now i could probably say it backwards