Controller MAKING FUN OF PILOT'S RADIO! | "That radio is terrible!"

[@VASAviation]

Wah Wah Wah

[@bastienlabarde2986]

Haha 😄 At least, behind the fun, it is also a soft and gentle way to indicate that they may have an issue with that radio indeed. I'm not an expert here, but I think radios must meet certain requirements to be authorized to broadcast on frequencies, and there is a certificate for each radio installed in commercial jets.

[@CapStar362]

i am sooo FUCKING DEAD This is HILARIOUS

[@asho1735]

@@bastienlabarde2986 if you think that radio is not STC approved and fully certified with all the appropriate labels, serial numbers, paperwork, and multi mega thousand dollars repair and avionics shop receipts, while being a hair from failing and/or smoking up the cockpit of the 60 year old fully certified airplane, you aint seen nothing yet. it's a big theater with have here in the US for the GA.

[@bastienlabarde2986]

@@asho1735 Oh no no, I am not saying such thing, I am even pretty confident every bit of ppw. are correct here (actualy it is what I want to believe !), but yeah as a result it is pretty hard to understand wah wah wah.

[@BloxyGamezAV]

😂

[@ValiantKnight7983]

that radio is a SERIOUS safety hazard

[@UnshavenStatue]

well not more so than any other nordo aircraft, which is, remarkably, still legal

[@ValiantKnight7983]

@@UnshavenStatue with ya there. or transponder for that matter

[@FencerPTS]

When tower tells you to squawk 7600 it's time to pay the mechanic. 😆

[@TheReadBaron91]

Eh. Could probably limp it along. Or buy a radio that’s still 50 years old an install it.

[@waldolemmer]

Squawk 7600 means "radio failure (lost communications)" for those who don't know

[@ro-86alkonost78]

This ATC sure has a good sense of humor. 🤣

[@TexDrinkwater]

The guys over in San Carlos could learn a thing or five from this controller.

[@danielcarlson800]

​@@TexDrinkwaterRude, eh?

[@SkyHighSpotting]

Kennedy Steve's brother?

[@flightlevel3608]

I'm a student at Epic Flight Academy and I talk to this certain controller all the time. He's amazing at keeping the attitude sunny-side up all the time

[@xThe_Chief]

I go to the school this came out of and I actually seen the write up for maintenance for this airplane and they actually put on there that the controller said I sound like Charlie browns teacher lmao, but yes the ATC at kevb most of them are awesome

[@Rob2]

When they get told that the radio is bad, they start talking louder thinking that they may get clearer. But the actual problem is that they are too loud, so talking louder only makes it worse. Probably it can be improved by talking less loud or moving the microphone further from the mouth.

[@VictoryAviation]

The gain input *is overdriving the preamps horribly. You’re 100% correct.

[@Joetechlincolns]

Overdriven audio chain or rf issues(off frequency, bad SWR,etc). Maybe just a bad microphone. Either way, comms need to work prior to even trying to fly.

[@DeweyCheatumNHoweLLC]

Reminds be of guys on the CB long ago (I'm dating myself) who would get those mic's with the preamp. Sounds like they're trying to eat the microphone.

[@TheWabbit]

We had a friend in high school ( we all had CBs w/23 channels ) who was unintelligible, we worked with him a few different times trying to get it fixed, it ended up being a combination of some kind of screw on booster for the Mike where it plugged into the CB, him kissing the Mike to talk and talking too loud. Once we tossed the booster the other two problems revealed themselves immediately. I just found an old 40 channel sitting in a drawer in my garage a couple weeks ago, I don't think I'll mess with it though.....

[@VictoryAviation]

@@Joetechlincolns It was both pilots that were having issues. Leads me to believe it wasn’t a single microphone issue.

[@jeffreybryner1196]

Absolutely loved the light gun signals comment! Great sense of humor by ATC. Surprised they didn't ask them to Squawk 7600 before departing.

[@fidesdefensor]

I DIED when he said that

[@joeyspizza8]

"Don't worry, just look at the tower for light guns, we'll get you in here eventually" might be one of the funniest thing's I've heard over ATC lmaoooo

[@danielcarlson800]

Good Grief!!!!!!!

[@SomeRandomGuy789]

Charlie Brown!!

[@AMStationEngineer]

Something, likely an electrolytic filter capacitor, in the "AUDIO, Transmit" section is causing 'clipping' of the modulated carrier signal. Eons ago, I owned an FAA Designated Repair Station, and was a Bendix/NavKing warranty repair center.

[@herrpausr7008]

Don‘t tell us, tell them! 😂😂😂

[@instant_mint]

What can cause that issue?

[@AMStationEngineer]

@@instant_mint Usually it's heat, especially if the control head is located near an MCDU. They use frequency synthesization for TX and RX function; being off-frequency has a "pseudo sideband effect", aka "Donald Ducking"...

[@instant_mint]

@@AMStationEngineer Ohh okay interesting!

[@HughShower]

@@AMStationEngineerHere in England, “Donald Ducking” would be considered rhyming slang for “f***ing”!

[@quillmaurer6563]

I visualize the squawk sheet handed to the flight school or mechanic. "Radio garbled, ATC said I sounded like Charlie Brown's Teacher." Doesn't feel so hurtful when they're insulting a bad radio rather than the pilot. Love the controller's attitude. Now had this happened with that controller at San Carlos, I'm not sure if it would be a light gun or AA gun he'd be using to help them get down.

[@davidfrench5407]

I saw this video pop up, and I thought "Oh, please don't be San Carlos"

[@Lex_chats]

I saw a comment earlier that a student of the same flight school posted saying that’s exactly what’s written on the maintenance sheet 😂

[@johnnyflys]

Damn it's nice to see that tower controller has some personality

[@ftyuv]

New Smyrna Steve!

[@davidpearson3304]

@@marcus7151the Steve joke went right over your head

[@matejhantabal235]

how did tower understand anything is a mystery to me lmaooo

[@rjhornsby]

The receiver we’re hearing is not the same unit as the tower’s receiver. The LiveATC recordings are usually captured by volunteers some distance from the field, likely making what we’re hearing much worse. Not that it was great in the first place.

[@RainbowManification]

it’s like pharmacists with doctors handwriting. They just get used to filtering the nosie

[@5.43v]

​@@rjhornsbythink of how many cool ATC moments all of us have missed

[@blake86303]

Sounds more like a mic problem than the radio itself.

[@JohnDoe-sg1pd]

Its a short in the intercom

[@vbscript2]

It was both of them, though, so probably not the mic. To me it sounds more like they just had the gain set too high and were overdriving the input.

[@aj742]

Needed a good laugh and found it 😂. The "stretch me out to the moon" comment made the whole thing even funnier. Thanks for uploading!

[@KimWentworth-y8e]

A nice way of stating that you extended way to long before turning base. I did that and I got chewed out. I was giving a little extra space between the aircraft that was on final before I turned base. I am a student pilot. I understand that the controllers are under a lot of pressure and trying to get the traffic moving. Kind of like rush hour traffic. I fly in the LA basin in Southern CA. The most crowded and condensed airspace in the USA.

[@samsharp8539]

It would help if the pilot would take that kazoo out of his mouth while transmitting. Where did he buy his headset? At a Mc Donald’s surplus restaurant equipment auction?

[@michaelfarrow4648]

I flew a plane with Collins radios that were very loud and very distorted. Wah Wah Wah. sounded just like that.

[@Skyforger62]

“You’re gonna stretch me out to the moon!!” 😂😅

[@SMTRodent]

There's a KZbinr who does 'missile roasting a plane' videos and the guy doing the snarking reminds me of the missile character when he's making the wah wah wah comment.

[@ChicagoAirportSpotter]

Lol, I say that to people at my job all the time when their radios sound horrible, "you sound like Charlie Brown's teacher" - I don't understand why people don't take care of their equipment and let their radios get wet.

[@Trek001]

Tower: You're gonna stretch me out to the moon Tower's Wife: Jim, is there something you want to say to me?

[@calvinnickel9995]

Either they teach the students to eat the microphone or the mic gain is up too high. In most cases mic gain is a simple set screw on the audio panel next to the side tone adjustment.

[@SaberToothBicycle]

Who says professionalism can't also be fun?

[@PrayingToTheAlien]

I see the humor - but this is also dangerous. Need to ground that plane for a new radio before flying again.

[@williamduncan7401]

you can fly without even a radio

[@fubini_yt]

​@@williamduncan7401Yes but you shouldn't start of you already know your radio is broken

[@middleagedcrazy5297]

If you are unable to communicate clearly for whatever reason you should not be authorized to leave the ground. It’s that elementary.

[@r.b.4009]

I didn't understand a thing, the tower though seemed to get at least what they were saying. Maybe the recording we here was a lot worse than what the tower heard

[@evanmcgrew400]

Poor decision by that CFI to take the flight. Absolutely p*ss poor decision. Must be money hungry.

[@robburgundy9539]

Its a grey area because does a crappy radio count as a radio in a class delta?

[@evanmcgrew400]

@@robburgundy9539yes but it’s still a terrible decision.

[@InForTheLonghaul]

@@r.b.4009 It's always easier to understand irl than on live atc

[@lauxmyth]

Pilots also seem to start talking faster. Pull away from the mic and slow down to separate syllables.

[@JustSayN2O]

Earlier this month while conducting practice approaches with my CFII, I very nicely requested the approach controller who just came on frequency to slow her speech since it was extremely-rapid and practically unintelligible. Her response was to order me to cancel the approach, climb and turn away from the final approach course, squawk VFR, frequency change approved. I didn't want to start an argument because that would have ended up on this KZbin channel. But if any controllers are viewing this, many of you are speaking way too fast, combining syllables and entire words, and that impairs safety.

[@knuffelbaer1971]

@@JustSayN2O Tower, are you ready to copy a number? The tower is lacking proffesionalism...

[@Nomar2007_NWDE_WRESTLING]

1:02 i find it really funny that the ATC just did that XD XD XD

[@L.Spencer]

This happens at some of the local drive thrus, can't understand what they're saying. But this is a lot more important than ordering a hamburger.

[@pineappleroad]

I wondered why on the 2 occasions ive been through a drive through with someone else, they skipped the speaker and instead placed the order at the payment window (I’m guessing that restaurant was used to people doing that)

[@roderickcampbell2105]

One of the best (worst) I have ever heard. The ATC was awesome. In an ATC kind of way. If radio was always like that, there never would have been TV.

[@ga1205]

At least they'll be able to give the avionics shop a link to this video so they can hear how it sounds.

[@JSFGuy]

Again, I was just checking and here we are... Sounds like a kazoo...

[@JSFGuy]

@@ardeladimwit only as good as the voice running it. Otherwise it sounds like this. Like, similar to.

[@jacksonriecken5016]

Good old 529, I've flown that plane and they can't seem to ever fix it

[@HJ-zn5go]

When was this?? I instruct in multi airplanes for Riddle and 316 has been flown by one of my co workers. I’m gonna find out and never let ‘em go 😂😂😂

[@Gobbbbb]

5 year olds have better mics on Fortnite than this pilot.

[@wildgurgs3614]

I don't play Fortnite but some of my friends do and they'd call this guy's mic a potato. Then I'd reply saying, "That that's insulting to actual potatoes it's THAT bad!" LOL

[@ihateusernamesgrrr]

​@@wildgurgs3614sometimes while gaming we say "it sounds like you're speaking through a fish bowl", because it sounds like your head is underwater haha.

[@wildgurgs3614]

@@ihateusernamesgrrr never heard that one before and I'm definitely using it! Thank you

[@KimWentworth-y8e]

Agree. You can not hear what they are stating and if they have the ATC instructions. Big Safety hazard. As part of pre-flighting an aircraft, the radio has to work properly.

[@harveywilde6781]

God, I'm wheezing 😂. Love how it gets progressively worse. Not quite too familiar with airplane radios, but it looks like the compressor/mic is too sensitive. Since they could head the controller just fine, I think thats their issue.

[@mrabrasive51]

Sounds like the old comb and cellophane trick!!

[@zachary1615]

Had a Prime Air 767 leave KILN last night around 1 a.m and declared an emergency 10 minutes after takeoff due to a flight control issue, lost autopilot and everything and returned a half hour later, it'd make for a good video it was ATN3357 on the morning of October 2nd

[@ionewingedangel1712]

Riddle still doing 747 patterns at New Smyrna I see😂😂.

[@williambishop4508]

This is the first one of these that made me laugh out loud

[@superheavydeathmetal]

I can’t understand that better than any other ATC radio communication. If it weren’t for subtitles, I wouldn’t be able to follow this channel at all! 😆

[@wildgurgs3614]

I feel you! This channel (and its subtitles) taught me so much about aviation radio comms

[@TimTVOfficial]

That controller is great. If my radio sucked, I would definitely want to know. They certainly need to take their mics out of the water.

[@KimWentworth-y8e]

I had that problem on one of the planes I rented. The controller could not hear my properly. I had two radios in the aircraft and the other radio worked properly. The controller has patient and let me test the original one and it was still bad. Also, on another plane I rented the one radio I had died on me. I had a hand held because the last radio in the other aircraft died also. Crazy how the radio's can just up and die or stop working properly. Hence the handheld if there is only one radio. If not, Gun signals.

[@johnhavrilak9734]

Sounded like the radios were slightly off frequency.

[@mariosolognier714]

That was horrible!!! WHAA WHAA😂😂😂😂

[@ryanpaima4819]

"Just look for a light gun, we'll get you in eventually" *Donlad Duck noises intensify*

[@kingston5469]

I would have lost it if I were that controller 🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂 That stuff really gets my funny bone

[@WolfPilot]

The radio is either overmodulated or off frequency, or both

[@Gadget0343]

Yea, when the radio is tits up, talking faster is always the best move.

[@DesiroDriver]

I loved Charlie Brown as a kid 😀

[@SawyerRosenstein]

That sounds like something Kennedy Steve would've said

[@davidpearson3304]

Delta Tug 5 moved south and started flying apparently. 😂

[@huskkyy]

Ah love this pilot, told their radio isn't working properly and unreadable, proceeds to talk for 30 seconds blocking the frequency for no reason rather than just using clicks on the PTT button.

[@mattoftexas]

Riddle ruining the pattern as usual in the end 😂

[@moreinterference]

If an aircraft called me at my aerodrome sounding like that I'd 100% send them back to the hanger.

[@superjet1007]

He made me remember of another WAH WAH WAH meme

[@n35ql]

This got me at the light (flare) gun part. Just imagined going back to pre ww2, someone from the tower shooting it, while every other pilot is in the 21st century. Hell, let's go back further, give the clearance via smoke signals. :D

[@TheEric1203]

He was joking about using it, but light gun signals are a real thing. It's a set of lights they can shine out the tower window that are green, red and white in color. They can be used to help guide a pilot who has lost radio communications.

[@vbscript2]

He wasn't talking about a flare gun, but rather a light gun. It's exactly what it sounds like: a bright, directional light that the Tower controllers can aim at an aircraft to give them signals in the case of radio failure. They have different colors and signals that they can flash for various different messages. Pilots are trained on these in case it's ever needed if we can't hear Tower for some reason. In this case, though, it sounds like the airplane needed a light gun. - haha

[@n35ql]

@@TheEric1203 I know it was a joke. The second part not, my best guess was the morse code lamp like thing, the one that was used on boats.

[@Veritas1992]

Sounded like they were transmitting from the lav.

[@FactsMatter]

Hey @VASAviation, any audio available about the plane crash that killed the state senator from North Dakota and his family?

[@mickemike2148]

Look for light guns cracked me up! Good one tower!

[@billmadison2032]

Pretty much all ATC Communications sound like that to me if it wasn't for the subtitles I wouldn't understand a freaking thing

[@CuthbertNibbles]

Sounds like they used a torque wrench to adjust the gain dial.

[@StevenJohnson737]

And Riddle is out there flying bomber patterns lol

[@EternalOvercomer]

You have to pull the string tight or the soup cans won't work.

[@Redbikemaster]

I thought the title was an exaggeration but man that's bad. I'm a trucker and I've told others before that they need to pull the mic out of their throat before lol. But obviously our radios are optional

[@danielrichardbond]

I went to Spruce Creek Airport for my medical when learning to fly in 2008.

[@johnl5075]

"Epic Red" and "Riddle" call signs combined with the appropriate age of the pilots by their voice - these could all be students at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.

[@tecjdm]

Sounded like Imperial probes on Hoth

[@tychothefriendlymonolith]

And you thought Delta Tug radios were rough....

[@dx1450]

I think a change in microphone would solve that problem But that pilot sounds like he's got the mike shoved down his throat.

[@jamesmagnum]

Plot twist: Radio is fine....teacher became a CFI

[@FakeJeep]

Jeez, at what point do you hear that and think "Eh... that's fine... doesn't need repair/replacement."

[@TheBeagle58]

LMMFAO!!!! I can't, I just can't with him LMAO!!! i'm dead LOL!

[@PilotDaveAviation]

OMG those radios are terrible... I wouldn't fly

[@thezirons]

This is gold!!

[@whitec59]

the only plce for them to hear what they sound like is this channel. hopefully they send Epic Red the link

[@TMouse-hd5jb]

Is that the ghost of Kennedy Steve???

[@evanmcgrew400]

Terribly poor decision by the CFI to take that flight in the air. Terribly poor. Wow.

[@codnewbgamer]

I feel every transmission they swallowed their mic more

[@Big_Z14]

He sounds like Boomhauer from King of the Hill lmao.

[@fototx66]

Could the controller not allow the plane to takeoff if the audio was that poor? Seems like it was a known issue. What is the recourse to ensure the plane's radio is functioning?

[@jon8225]

Class D airspace requires a pilot to establish and maintain two way radio communication to enter or operate within. So if a controller can't understand you, you haven't established or maintained two way communication and can be denied operation. It's a safety issue at that point.

[@nicksantos1042]

the edit was so funny 🤣

[@CranehawkPilot]

That aircraft needs a new radio for sure.

[@Orly90]

Wonder if it is the headset and not the radio cause the other pilot was clearer than the female

[@adrianhsieh4276]

Did they try both com 1 and com 2? Or it's really the headset?

[@EWRFLYER]

Wasn't it ALL adults that sounded like that on Charlie Brown?

[@09shadowjet]

I feel like listening to an alien first contact 😂

[@eddiejones.redvees]

It sounds like they had a turnd scrabble on

[@lovnJesus4life]

What they got, a chicken up in that plane?

[@Boodieman72]

Someone needs to get a new radio

[@haroldlipschitz9301]

Damn that controller is hilarious!

[@somapusher]

Send that airplane to do touch and gos at San Carlos airport (KSQL?)

[@BloxyGamezAV]

Bro this is sooo funny 🤣

[@SubhrajyotiAcharyyaDSB]

whats touch and go?

[@SuperEddietv]

OVER MODULATION!!

[@djquick]

‘You’ll stretch me out to the moon’ ~ that’s what she said.

[@ragheadand420roll]

It sounds that way cause the genius is 5 khz off I hear it all the time example 132.125 the genius is on 132.130 Thats what am does when your off frequency He has them channelized incorrectly

[@mynickels]

To the moooooon!

[@CallumAtwal]

Sounds like Pingu…NOOT NOOT

[@JBirdBobbyJ]

That was awful. Would it be worth red X'ing the aircraft over?

[@9W2KEY]

it's look like the frequencies at that radio not correct .. i guest .. anyway ATC you are good man

[@GengarJ]

It kind of sounds like them

[@stevedixon8567]

good grief