Writing about Werner von Braun yesterday reminded me of the very satirical song by Tom Lehrer. I’m not sure there’s anything I can add to the coverage of the Apollo 11 anniversary but this is a small, funny footnote. Didn’t Tom Lehrer quit satire when Henry Kissinger won the Nobel Peace Prize, claiming unfair competition? “And I’m learning Chinese, says Wernher von Braun.”
Rapping flight attendant video
You will not get this kind of announcement on United Airlines or BA. First class.
More rogue waypoints
The latest from Flight International: BEENO, DANDI, TOPPA. GINIS on route to Dublin. For TV sitcom fans: DELBO and RODNI.
For Looney Tunes, there’s a routeing in Australia – ZZ929 from Townsvill to Mt Gordon: TL ITORT EYSAW APUSS ECATT DCT.
On the approach to Newark Airport in New Jersey: HOWYA DOOIN. Louisiana has RYTHM, Kentucky has BRBON, Kansas City has SPICY BARBQ RIBBS, Montpelier, VT has HAMM, BURGR and FRYYS.
Apparently, there is a BUXOM and JUGGS in the US but revealing their true obsession there is also: GOALL, PPUNT, DRPPD, FTBAL, COACH, QTRBK, TAKKL, RECVR, FMBLE and TCHDN.
Funny waypoint names
I noticed that a lot of waypoints in the channel are named after famous British admirals: DRAKE, HARDY, HAWKE. Then there’s the sequence THRED and NEDUL near the Isle of Wight.
Thanks to Flight International for the rest of these funny waypoint names.
From Australia: WONSA, JOLLY, SWAGY, CAMBS, BUYIA, BYLLA, BONGS, UNDER, ACOOL, EBARR and TREES.
From Brisbane: LEAKY, BOATS, SINNK, DRAIN and PLUGG and from Sydney: SOSIJ SIZZL.