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Mike:
Ok, this time I have a question for all you ATC, ex-military, and stuck-wing people!

Got this email the other day and I don't know the answer. Any guesses?

Hi Mike,

    Interesting website and I like your comics.  I went out to your site
looking for pilot and ATC lingo because I carpool with a UA pilot who is
also a reservist (Navy CMDR) and every now and then when we are coordinating
carpool meeting departure times from the base he will reply back with a
single word - 'Tango'.

     I use standard well known military communications jargon (having been
associated with the military now for 35 years) like "Roger that" or
"Affirmative", but I'm not familiar with "tango" except for it being a
phonetic "T".  So I thought it must be ATC or commercial pilot lingo.  Does
it ring a bell with you?

     Thanks and again - good work.


v/r

Oddball:
Maybe the Commander is arranging a dance, or some thing to drink? (Tango is a carbonated drink over here). But I  think Tango means Target

Rooster Cruiser:
Hmmmmmmmm...  Not familiar with "Tango" as a singular phrase in either military or civilian pilot jargon.

A quick google search put me onto a website for Aviator's Slang, where my search for 'Tango' came up with this:


--- Quote ---Tango Uniform
Polite phonetics for “tits up”; broken, not functioning.
--- End quote ---

Find more here:  http://www.tailhook.org/AVSLANG.htm#T

Methinks your friend needs to inquire his UAL pilot friend directly about what he means by 'Tango' because I am drawing a blank here.

RC

Mike:
yeah, I drew a blank too....

Maybe it's a UAL - only term, or he's just trying to throw his buddy off heh heh . . .   ;D

Futeki:
Its a really lazy way of saying "Thank you" over the radio. We use it on the radios a lot at work. Its not official just lazy...

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