2006-10-23 04:16:38 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cars & Transportation ➔ Aircraft
It is called the the International Radiotelephony Spelling Alphabet and is also known as the NATO phonetic alphabet.
It's not really phonetic, instead, the NATO alphabet assigns code words to the letters of the English alphabet acrophonically so that critical combinations of letters (and numbers) can be pronounced and understood by those who transmit and receive voice messages by radio or telephone regardless of their native language, especially when the safety of navigation or persons is essential. It is used by many national and international organizations, including the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the International Maritime Organization (IMO), the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), and the American National Standards Institute (ANSI). It is a subset of the much older International Code of Signals (INTERCO), which originally included visual signals by flags or flashing light, sound signals by whistle, siren, foghorn, or bell, as well as one, two, or three letter codes for many phrases.[1] The same alphabetic code words are used by all agencies, but each agency chooses one of two different sets of numeric code words.
In addition to the letters, notice that 9 is pronounced "niner", 3 is pronounced "Tree", and 5: "Fife", as in Barney.
Take Air!
a "alpha"
b "bravo"
c "charlie"
d "delta"
e "echo"
f "foxtrot"
g "golf"
h "hotel"
i "india"
j "juliet"
k "kilo"
l "lima"
m "mike"
n "november"
o "oscar"
p "papa"
q "quebec"
r "romeo"
s "sierra"
t "tango"
u "uniform"
v "victor"
w "whiskey"
x "x-ray"
y "yankee"
z "zulu"
0 "zero"
1 "one"
2 "two"
3 "three"
4 "fower"
5 "fife"
6 "six"
7 "seven"
8 "eight"
9 "niner"
PS. Sometimes when someone buys a plane, they request the last two letters to be their initials, sometimes they don't. If I had, mine would end in "Romeo Hotel" Not to be confused with "Tokio Hotel" ( http://tokio.tk ).
2006-10-23 06:20:46 · answer #1 · answered by Isle Flyer 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The code that pilots use to describe letters of the alphabet is called the phonetic alphabet. It goes like this:
A - Alpha
B - Bravo
C - Charlie
D - Delta
E - Echo
F - Foxtrot
G - Golf
H - Hotel
I - India
J - Juliet
K - Kilo
L - Lima
M - Mike
N - November
O - Oscar
P - Papa
Q - Quebec
R - Romeo
S - Sierra
T - Tango
U - Uniform
V - Victor
W - Whiskey
X - X-ray
Y - Yankee
Z - Zulu
2006-10-23 11:20:52 · answer #2 · answered by gremlin_lemon 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
A Alpha
B Bravo
C Charlie
D Delta
E Echo
F Foxtrot
G Golf
H Hotel
I India
J Juliet
K Kilo
L Lima
M Mike
N November
O Oscar
P Papa
Q Quebec
R Romeo
S Sierra
T Tango
U Uniform
V Victor
W Whiskey
X X-ray
Y Yankee
Z Zulu
2006-10-23 11:18:51 · answer #3 · answered by Wil T 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
A Alpha
B Bravo
C Charlie
D Delta
E Echo
F Foxtrot
G Golf
H Hotel
I India
J Juliet
K Kilo
L Lima
M Mike
N November
O Oscar
P Papa
Q Quebec
R Romeo
S Sierra
T Tango
U Uniform
V Victor
W Whiskey
X X-ray
Y Yankee
Z Zulu
2006-10-23 11:27:37 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
At least through the end of WWII, the US military services used the following P/A: abel, baker, charlie, dog, easy, fox, george, hotel, item, joker, king, love, mike, nan, oboe, peter, queen, roger, sam, tom, uncle, victor, william, xray, yoke, zebra.
For an interesting history of P/As, see
http://morsecode.scphillips.com/alphabet.html
2006-10-23 19:10:53 · answer #5 · answered by Steve 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋