What 3 Letters make the coolest call sign?

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McDrummerSLR@reddit

Flew a 172 with the tail number 737NG which is ironic now being on the 737

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ThisIsMyHandleNow@reddit

Heard 64HD repeat back a vector as “Left 060, 64 Hot Dog”

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I love when home airports call the plane by its nickname name. Flew one that ended in RJ and was painted to be redder than a dogs dick. I contact tower 10 miles out “tower, Romeo Juliet with the weather full stop”.

Tower: “Red junk enter left down wind rwy 24”

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NolanonoSC@reddit

We have a plane ending in JY, tower mistakenly called us "janky yankee" and that's now it's nickname

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SpartanDoubleZero@reddit

That’s a hilarious name. My dad flew for a company that had a Lear that ended in WR. Well WR started getting a reeeeeeeal funky smell coming from one of the main wheel wells. One of the A&Ps walks out with his flash light and finds a huge rat that’s probably got a couple extra thousand miles on it. That day Wasted Rat was born

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Only-Tomorrow606@reddit

OH-FCK

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cafe_brutale@reddit

In Finland there actually are aircraft registered as OH-DAM, OH-SHT and OH-WTF. Probably some other fun ones too.

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Only-Tomorrow606@reddit

Yeah I saw a glider that was oh-sht on TikTok once

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cafe_brutale@reddit

That registration is in use for a Diamond DA42 operated by a Finnish flight school so I think the glider had a different one.

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KiwifromtheTron@reddit

A former training school in NZ had a fleet of 152’s with registrations: DAD, MUM, BRO, SIS, CUZ…

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Ouch704@reddit

OH-FUK

Saw it on the ramp in EHRD a couple days ago. Always gets me to chuckle.

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_Haych_Bee_@reddit

One of the aeroplanes online at our local school is Mike Sierra Golf.
A friend of mine owned Kilo India Delta.

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cestsara@reddit

Saw a Cessna for sale on marketplace with C-GFUX 😭 Aswell as one with C-GODX. Both go hard.

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offsetcarrier@reddit

There’s a privately owned EC120 near me registered G-FCKD, the pilot told me the CAA only realised what they’d approved the day after the paperwork had gone through 😂

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cestsara@reddit

😭😭😭 Amazing

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setthrustpositive@reddit

There was a J3 that was C-UFUX

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tailwheel307@reddit

I’ve always wanted to put C-FAKE on something like a cub that’s got a ridiculous paint scheme like an airline knockoff.

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JJAsond@reddit

Air Canooda

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Aggravating-House620@reddit

My flight school has some that are pretty fun to say and a few that are a total mouthful that I mess up every time. You’ll very quickly be able to figure out where I’m training but we’ve got 1488M, 5678B, 1321T, 2151B, and a few others that are fun and quick to say.

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All_fine_and__dandy@reddit

I knew a C182 Whiskey Lima Romeo. We jokingly called it “What a Load of Rubbish”

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JaxyKun@reddit

GDG at my current operation is Golden Gate. Bay Area operator and I love the callsign. We do regularly get incorrect callouts though, anything from good speed to golden goose and everything in between!

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owenb4560@reddit

My 150’s last 3 is 69J, I've gotten compliments on my tail number on freq before lol. Maybe isn't the coolest, but she's mine!

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Far_Top_7663@reddit

My flight school had a Piper PA-11 registration LV-RFU,

It was the only plane in the flight school, or in that airport, that had its own call sign.

"The Roo-Foo".

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Relative-Network5413@reddit

Plane I did my solo in was N19777. I can safely say I did my first solo in a triple seven

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TaurusAuriga@reddit

No way ! 47N and Tristate Aviation ? Flew her a lot

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FlairWolf31@reddit

I did my solo in Tomahawk 2356A. Based off the old guys’ advice before I took off, I called myself 2356A Heavy.

Ground didn’t stop me, tower didn’t stop me, but Pensacola Approach told me to knock it off after the second or third time.

Ah, good times.

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elkab0ng@reddit

lol. I casually mention that I’ve logged some time in a Boeing. (Elaborating that it was a Stearman actually makes it cooler for people who fly.)

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RowFlySail@reddit

Wind in your hair!

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cfczeek@reddit

Echo echo echo…

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TheMightyG00se@reddit

[Blank] Alpha Whiskey and Five Charlie Sierra have always been ones that stuck with me

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Nite01007@reddit

I did a bunch of my training on triple-six (N48666). That was always fun to say and listen for.

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Strange_Mirror6992@reddit

I built a Vans Rv-12 and the N number I chose was n666ep

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jaylw314@reddit

Clearly they did not think that through. They should have got together with whoever registered my number with "999" in it

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nick99990@reddit

All I'm thinking is some nasally kid saying niner niner niner

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superspeck@reddit

nice

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Cats155@reddit

I did a bunch of training in N20666, we called it the Satan Cessna

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bigjuicey@reddit

187OG

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OrionX3@reddit

Honestly anything with Whiskey at the end

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NoSoup4Ewe@reddit

I own 8BW.

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NoSoup4Ewe@reddit

I happen to know the owner of N111CE.

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Wilbur_Redenbacher@reddit

GTX, callsign “big-dee”.

If you didn’t say “BIG-DEEEEEE two five six, center Roger” you’d get ridiculed by the entire radar room.

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unfragger@reddit

Is this an operation out of Dallas? It sounds so familiar

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SnooHesitations1718@reddit

Small cargo company base out of tx they fly bonanzas and barrons

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Adventurous-Ad8219@reddit

I used to fly for an operation that was Foxtrot Sierra Papa, that was a mouthful but the callsign was Snapshot, which was frequently mispronounced/misinterpreted as Slapshot, Screenshot, or my personal favorite, Snapshart

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SnooHesitations1718@reddit

Survey?

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itszulutime@reddit

We called you SnapChat in Chicago whenever we coordinated between controllers about whatever you were doing.

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CorporalCrash@reddit

I've heard of tow planes with callsign "Slingshot" which is honestly badass imo

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WhoaIHaveControl@reddit

Tug, Scout, Lance, Superdog, and Slingshot are all Canadian Forces callsigns for air cadet towplanes.

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MunitionGuyMike@reddit

“Snapshart” 💀

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Canikfan434@reddit

A doctor I worked with was thinking of changing the tail # of his Mooney “to my three favorite things in life…” N69GW. His wife apparently had veto power. 😂

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IndependenceStock417@reddit

He should have showed her what 69GW was all about

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BulletTacos@reddit

Anything Whiskey Yankee

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F14Scott@reddit

VF-154's "Knight 111," at the boat, was always "Triple Sticks."

Triple Sticks Tomcat ball, six one.

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HillPhartman89@reddit

Quebec Quebec Quebec

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Enwhyme@reddit

Built up a lot of solo time in a little yellow 152 called N757GG. 30 years later, “seven golf golf” still goes through my head sometimes. Fun to say.

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ltcterry@reddit

I liked R8J in radio training in the Navy long ago. Not a tail number but was a catchy call sign.

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jimbojsb@reddit

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot.

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fungus909@reddit

Whisky papa

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pandapajamaparty@reddit

Bringing back memories. I trained in a whiskey papa.

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FrankIsLoww@reddit

Papa whisky 😏

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Future-Project-6074@reddit

You know the papa whiskys?

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FrankIsLoww@reddit

Nah, i’ve heard of Papa Roach though

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weech@reddit

Poppa Xray

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poisonandtheremedy@reddit

Was watching an aviation video the other night and noticed the tail number was "VH-ASS". Couldn't stop laughing. Very Hot Ass.

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randytc18@reddit

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot

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TheOriginalJBones@reddit

Gotta give the not to Alpha Mike Fox. Classier.

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Imaginary_Refuse_239@reddit (OP)

Classic

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Guitardude_33@reddit

I flew a 172 with the last two letters foxtrot-foxtrot. Quickly became foxy fox!

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Accomplished-Ear-681@reddit

I worked SCM1 one night. “Medevac Screamer1.” She sounded kinda hot too

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neinelleven@reddit

My solo’s last 3 was 47D. To this day my favorite call sign. Also, I felt like a delta pilot

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GivenToFly@reddit

Not a tail number, but Norse Airlines (a Norwegian airline) has the callsign "Longship". Idk why, but that goes hard.

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N878AC@reddit

Our plane is N97RJ, aka Romeo-Juliet. I always thought our LLC should have been named the Montague-Capulet LLC

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Designer_Buy_1650@reddit

555 “Triple nickel” Heard it a single time in years of flying.

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GivenToFly@reddit

Oh, man. I used to operate a train who's designation was 555, and we also called it the triple nickle.

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Go_Loud762@reddit

I have a Triple Nickel challenge coin. Guess I need the plane now.

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anaqvi786@reddit

Triple nickel needs a purple nurple. Search it on google and see what comes up

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Appropriate-Tiger-81@reddit

CRE. Call sign “Cream City”

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RedbrickMongo@reddit

OH-FUK is a Finland registered PC-12

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RedbrickMongo@reddit

Mike Mike

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jwpc59@reddit

I reserved a number for my future plane that ends in JP, my initials

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fjbermejillo@reddit

Not a callsign but one of the FIs in my school is actually called Victor Sierra

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Ih8Hondas@reddit

Some real nominative determinism there.

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toadyark@reddit

n69WE”eeeeeeeee” or whiskey echo.

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Apprehensive-Ad693@reddit

We have an FML in New Zealand. It was at a flight school for a number of years.

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Solid-Cake7495@reddit

My current callsign: CPJ (Dragon eye)

My old callsign: RKS (Rock star)

The 152 I instructed in: G-CPFC (Crystal Palace Football Club)

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GooberPilot_@reddit

I already have the reg C-GOOB reserved for when I can comfortably afford maintaining my own plane 😅

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heysoundude@reddit

TIL we Canadians can reserve a registration.

I should look up the one I have in mind…and no, it doesn’t end Uniform Charlie Kilo

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GooberPilot_@reddit

Google “civil air register” then search > available marks.

Leave all fields blank (unless you know what you want), then hit “Search”

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heysoundude@reddit

I’ve the site bookmarked I believe. Thanks!

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GooberPilot_@reddit

Reserving isn’t free. There’s an initial cost and an annual cost.

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heysoundude@reddit

That’s fine.. can you give me an idea as to the amounts?

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GooberPilot_@reddit

Apply for or manage the reservation of an aircraft registration mark

Go to “Fees and Service Standards”.

Unless you have an aircraft to register, you have to pay the $45/year to keep the rights.

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heysoundude@reddit

Peanuts! Thanks!!!

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GooberPilot_@reddit

Just keep a reminder on your phone once you get the initial email with the letter advising you have reserved the rights to the reg. They don’t send reminders. I usually have it tell me a month prior to the anniversary

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heysoundude@reddit

You must be a COPA rep you’re being so helpful

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GooberPilot_@reddit

Nope. Just a fellow pilot.

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Liveinthemoment101@reddit

69 Mike Eco

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Top_Literature_1359@reddit

At an airport near mine there’s an old guy with a 150, (the airport is at 5000 ft, you can connect the dots.)

Anyways, he calls himself “sky turtle”. You’ll be tuning in and you’ll hear “sky turtle in the left downwind 17”

Never fails to crack me up. I have no idea what his actual tail number is.

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kiwiphotog@reddit

There is an aero club near here that used to and maybe still does, have fun three letter regos. From memory there was MUM, DAD, BRO, SIS and maybe more

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Shark-Force@reddit

I think MXY, moxy is cool.

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ewerdna@reddit

Yeah until 516 asked that NY controller for her number

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmWGo0x0pfE

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flyingforfun3@reddit

I died a little inside.

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Shark-Force@reddit

OP asked about call signs not companies

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mtconnol@reddit

I teach in a plane ending in 9QQ, aka ‘Becky’

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The_Northern_Sky@reddit

in canada Uniform Charlie Kilo

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Shuttle_Tydirium1319@reddit

Charlie Whiskey. The ole chuck wagon.

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k12pcb@reddit

Misheard a student call yesterday as the tail number of my aircraft- I was like “ no, I’m in 292 kilo foxtrot” it was 291. I quite like kilo foxtrot though

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abl0ck0fch33s3@reddit

Not what you're looking for but I've witnessed plenty of ridiculous military call signs

Towers01 Wurst01 Rancid01 Yikes01 Sparkl01 Hawk21 Jug11

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Grim3sy@reddit

My club had BKFC which we referred to as KFC and the HEN which was BHEN 🙃

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WorkingOnPPL@reddit

I always thought Brickyard was cool…. Sounds like it should belong to a DC-3 prison transport plane with a couple grizzled pilots in the front.

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indianmcflyer@reddit

Hellyeah brother

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Jmersh@reddit

WTF

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CTZStef_Qc@reddit

I’m a former submariner. During exercises between two subs, whenever one of us “won” the engagement — meaning we had a valid torpedo solution — we’d report it over VLF with the NATO code Oscar Oscar Whisky. So for me, that’s hands down the coolest call sign out there.

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7w4773r@reddit

Delta India Xray

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elkab0ng@reddit

File direct Little Rock….

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elkab0ng@reddit

Back in the day, Harry Helmsley (hotel owner) had a 727 call sign “November one hotel hotel”. I thought it was pretty cool.

Nike used to have N1KE. And Disney had N1MM.

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TaigaBridge@reddit

I liked N88EX enough to reserve it on spec I'd have an airplane to put it on someday soon. (It has an actual meaning for my business, too, but mostly it sounds cool.)

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CSpilot@reddit

When I was 13 (in 1989), my family went with another family to Oshkosh. The dad of this other family was a controller that was working the tower at one of the nearby overflow airports (FLD). One afternoon, he took my family on a tower tour and one of the controllers was working a Mooney 1TT. The way “Mooney One Tango Tango” rolled off her tongue has stuck with me to this day. That was and still is a cool call sign.

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ronerychiver@reddit

Anything anyone in DTF

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infinitemirrorss@reddit

Bravo Juliet sierra

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towc@reddit

There's a flight school in Slovakia that has OM-LIFe, OM-LOVe, and OM-NFT for Night Flight Training. An acquaintance here owns OM-"triple whiskey".

A flight school near Prague has "OK-MAT" which is particularly funny for me because they call me "Mat", so it sounds like the plane is rolling its eyes at me: "ok Mat 🙄". Joke's on the plane, I'm the one rolling it.

Less conventionally interesting but I find very pleasing: OM-HLM, HoteL LiMa Mike. I wonder if there's an even better alliteration.

All of these are DA20, except OM-NFT, Viper SD4

Bonus: an airfield in Turin, Italy with identifier LIMA. I haven't heard it used over the radio, but would make for a fun skit

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ra1ndr0p@reddit

Found God in Belgium once. Or more specifically, LX-GOD.

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dawnhewett1@reddit

Wtf

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FilmScoreMonger@reddit

Foxtrot Uniform Quebec.

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ABCapt@reddit

N1KE

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autobotjazzin@reddit

Any 3 letter callsign where the 2nd and 3rd letters are the same sounds cool

Whiskey Romeo Romeo Bravo Lima Lima Zulu Echo Echo India Sierra Sierra

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rFlyingTower@reddit

This is a copy of the original post body for posterity:

Fav call sign you’ve had that sounds cool but also practical and not a mouthful to say?

Or maybe it’s just me who chooses which C-150 to reserve for lessons based on the call sign lmao

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