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It was mentioned that Tom Wolfe's "The Right Stuff" talks about how all pilots sound the same, and specifically attributes it to sounding like Chuck Yeager, who broke the sound barrier in 1947. This was later made into a movie.
And he identifies this phenomenon that all pilots sound the same and specifically attributes it to sounding like Chuck Jaeger.
— Episode: This Is Your Captain Speaking
Episode: This Is Your Captain Speaking
It was mentioned that Tom Wolfe's "The Right Stuff" talks about how all pilots sound the same, and specifically attributes it to sounding like Chuck Yeager, who broke the sound barrier in 1947. This was later made into a movie.
And he identifies this phenomenon that all pilots sound the same and specifically attributes it to sounding like Chuck Jaeger.
Tomoff is so just amazing. So, so, so good.
He's just, he's just like, Tomoff was just the best.
But I don't actually think that's a sufficient explanation for what pilot voice is.
Anyone who travels very much on airlines in the United States soon gets to know the voice of the airline pilot. Coming over the intercom with a particular drawl, a particular folksiness, a particular down-home calmness that is so exaggerated it begins to parody itself.