Speedbird...

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German controllers at Frankfurt Airport were noted for being a short-tempered lot, so it was with some amusement that a United 747 recorded the following exchange between Frankfurt Ground Control and the pilot of an arriving British Airways 747 (call sign: Speedbird 206).

Speedbird: "Good morning, Frankfurt. Speedbird 206, clear of the active."

Ground: "Guten morgen, taxi to your gate."

    The BA 747 pulls onto the main taxiway and stops.

Ground (brusquely): "Speedbird, do you not know where you are going?"

Speedbird: "Stand by, Ground. I'm looking up the gate location now."

Ground (impatiently): "Speedbird 206, have you not flown Frankfurt before?"

Speedbird (coolly): "Yes, several times in 1944, but I didn't stop."

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