Easy Victor

[snopes]

Comment: I have been told the term "Easy Victor" originated from a war
(WWII?) that refers to an emergency landing of a plane.
The pilot's name was Victor and the plane was hit - the person with him
was telling him easy Victor to calm him as he was landing - that is why
today the "airline industry" uses that code name when making emergency
landings.

I have also heard it was a mayday code.

[Alchemy]

"Easy" and "Victor" are the phonetics from E and V from the "Able Baker" phonetic system used by several US military services around WWII. The words have no inherent meaning.

"EV" is a command given from the commander to the flight crew to immediately EVacuate the aircraft. For obvious reasons, it isn't made until the aircraft is stopped on the ground. Has nothing to do with an emergency landing.

[Gayle]

And before anyone says "nuh-uh, it would be Echo Victor or Edward Victor", allow me to post a couple of lists of phonetic alphabets:

http://morsecode.scphillips.com/alphabet.html

http://www.gordon.army.mil/ocos/Museum/alpha.asp

http://www.dynamoo.com/technical/phonetic.htm

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[Ieuan ab Arthur]

Hi All:

Originally Posted by snopes

I have also heard it was a mayday code.

Uh, actually the mayday code is "Mayday, Mayday, Mayday" (or "Panpan, panpan, panpan" for less critical situations).

Wiki on emergency codes

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Ieuan "Alpha Papa" Arthur