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Lawndart
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by Lawndart » Fri Aug 14, 2009 12:49 pm
Pilot Callsigns - The web's largest collection of callsign stories (Read more @ F-16.net)
F-16.net wrote:The Three Rules of Callsigns
- If you don't already have one, you will be assigned one by your "buddies".
- You probably won't like it.
- If you complain and moan too much about 1. and 2., you'll get a new nickname you'll like even less!
So, how do you get a callsign?
Do something stupid or have it fit with your last name. Obvious examples, 'Crash' or LT 'Cheese' Kraft. Sometimes it's based on a physical appearance thing like 'Carrot'. After you've earned the respect of your buddies, you'll get a more 'heroic' callsign.
Some of my favorites on there:
Omelet
Dutch pilot wanted to be called bouncer cause he used to be one at a club in Holland. Bouncer in dutch ("Uitsmijter") also means grilled egg. The squadron decided Bouncer sounded too cool so called him omelet. Lesson learned: NEVER ask for your own callsign!
Viper
"Very Idiot Person"
Scro
USAF Captain I met at Camp Red Cloud, around 1997. Last name was Tam.
Thumper
Was going through basic with a temporary callsign of "Fluffy" and had a soda next to my console when I shouldn't have. Well having a size 15 foot the soda ended up getting kicked over. So my instructor thought, "what's fluffy and has a big foot?" And there you have it.
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Tubs
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by Tubs » Fri Aug 14, 2009 4:46 pm
Lawndart wrote:Scro
USAF Captain I met at Camp Red Cloud, around 1997. Last name was Tam.
ROFL!!!
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Tailhook
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by Tailhook » Fri Aug 14, 2009 10:24 pm
Lawndart wrote:Viper
"Very Idiot Person"
Now that's not nice... what if the person has a fetish for the Dodge Viper.
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Frazer
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by Frazer » Sat Aug 15, 2009 7:12 am
Against all rules (I did know about them) I have chosen my own nickname
I have been consistant though and didn't change my nick for over 10 years.
Interesting would be, just to make it even worse by asking, what would be a suitable nick for me? No need to spare me
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Gunner
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by Gunner » Sat Aug 15, 2009 9:44 am
Frazer wrote:Interesting would be, just to make it even worse by asking, what would be a suitable nick for me? No need to spare me
In your case, it's very difficult to think of screw ups in your flying - my first thought was something to do with Metallica or "Drummer".
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Frazer
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by Frazer » Sat Aug 15, 2009 12:21 pm
About the screwups, I think there are plenty
Maybe "Screw Ups" is a good nick to go for
but then again, I'm not allowed to decide that
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Ells
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by Ells » Sun Aug 16, 2009 5:14 pm
Mine was chosen for me at school aged 13, my surname is Ellis and the guys called me Ells Bells (like Hells Bells) and Ells has stuck ever since and I haven't ever changed it (23 years ago).
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Sawamura
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by Sawamura » Fri May 14, 2010 6:56 am
I also selected my own nickname, but I'm not sure, if you can call my name an nickname. The first suggestion, this generator gives me is "Trump".
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dudeman750
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by dudeman750 » Sat May 15, 2010 2:06 am
I can speak an entire conversation with only the words
"dude"
and
"man"
using inflection and cadence these words can mean many, many things.
Therefore somewhere in the early 2000's I became
"Dudeman"
It's hard to explain and live up to. But I try...
It's hard to invoke millitary standards with these words as well.
But I try to slip them in, while striving for literary respect. It's tough. LMAO
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spaz
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by spaz » Sun May 16, 2010 11:46 am
from the generator...
lt. shawn 'longdong' lloyd....
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Frazer
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by Frazer » Sun May 16, 2010 1:01 pm
dudeman750 wrote:I can speak an entire conversation with only the words
"dude"
and
"man"
using inflection and cadence these words can mean many, many things.
Therefore somewhere in the early 2000's I became
"Dudeman"
It's hard to explain and live up to. But I try...
It's hard to invoke millitary standards with these words as well.
But I try to slip them in, while striving for literary respect. It's tough. LMAO
Dude! Man that is something.........