Jimmy is now imortalized in waypoints in the IFR departure procedure out of PBI (Palm Beach International). The waypoints include BUFIT, JIMEY, UTLEY, FINNS, PYRUT.
I do need to give credit where credit is due: Josh Martin originally posted this at buffett world. I thought this was such a cool thing it needed to be shared with fellow Parrot Heads esp. the other aviators here.
She was not quite what you would call refined. She was not quite what you would call unrefined. She was the kind of person that keeps a parrot."-MARK TWAIN
bravedave wrote:Very nice!
Do the ATCs refer to these by name?
Yes
She was not quite what you would call refined. She was not quite what you would call unrefined. She was the kind of person that keeps a parrot."-MARK TWAIN
bravedave wrote:Very nice!
Do the ATCs refer to these by name?
Yes
I notice that they *could* all be pronounced as two-syllable words as well, with the accent on the first syllable — AA-hab (long 'a'), BUF-it, PY-rut, UT-ley. So does anybody know if that is the standard or not? It would go a long way into figuring out how they pronounce some of the others, like
• UFIRD (YOU-fird)
• HEATT (HE-att)
• BRTHR (BRUH-ther) -"BB"-
"I'd rather die while I'm living than live while I'm dead." "Some of it's magic, and some of it's tragic, but I've had a good life all the way."
bravedave wrote:Very nice!
Do the ATCs refer to these by name?
Yes
I notice that they *could* all be pronounced as two-syllable words as well, with the accent on the first syllable — AA-hab (long 'a'), BUF-it, PY-rut, UT-ley. So does anybody know if that is the standard or not? It would go a long way into figuring out how they pronounce some of the others, like
• UFIRD (YOU-fird)
• HEATT (HE-att)
• BRTHR (BRUH-ther) -"BB"-
Waypoints are all standardized at five letters, that's why you end up with the funny spellings. They can be pronounced with one or more syllables. BUFIT would be two; FINNS would be one.
She was not quite what you would call refined. She was not quite what you would call unrefined. She was the kind of person that keeps a parrot."-MARK TWAIN
Thanks for sharing.
