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Tonight at 21:12 UTC one of the LSZH (Zurich Airport) Tower Air Traffic Control Operators signed off after 32 years and did his last call.
Listen to what he said and what the Pilot, of SWR180 with destination VTBS (Bangkok), responded:

Transcript of LSZH TWR 118.100 Mhz SUN 19OCT2014 2112Z
LSZH TWR: SWR 1-8-0
SWR180: SWR 1-8-0
LSZH TWR: Now I will do my last radio call and then after 32 years of Tower LSZH this will be the end for me and I will put away the microphone
SWR180: You are such a badass! I am so happy that I am the one responding to your last call.
LSZH TWR: Nice! A good planem the right destination and that will be it: SWR180 wind 1-4-0 degrees 5kt runway 34 cleared for takeoff. Bye bye!
SWR180: Cleared for takeoff runway 34 SWR180. Thanks a lot all good and I want to see you on my plane one day.
LSZH TWR: Thanks a lot

ATC conversation between LSZH Tower and SWR674H (23rd December 2012 12:09 UTC), one day before Christmas:

[23DEC2012 1209Z]
LSZH TWR: Swiss 6-7-4 HOTEL contact departure. – Ade.
SWR674H: Contacting Departure, Swiss 6-7-4 HOTEL. – Tschüss Huggi, guete Dienscht!
LSZH TWR: Tschau Roger, Dir au und schöni, frohsinnigi Oschtere! (Engl: Happy Easter!)
SWR674H: Genau, wünschi au, tschüss!
LSZH TWR: Tschau.

SWR674H (23rd December 2012): Flight route recording
Source: LiveATC

20120526 0938 UTC: Tonight there was an ELT signal on 121.500 Mhz around 3.7nm on final approach to rwy 34. – Maybe a glider in LSZK, which hit the runway hardly? Or a test ELT?

Source: LiveATC

This is how an ELT sounds like:

ATC conversation between LSZH Tower and OLT 277 (25th of May 2012 2126 UTC) cut-together:

[20120523 2126Z]
OLT277: Tower good evening OLTRA 277 [taxiway] KILO [runway] 28
LSZH TWR: Grüezi OLTRA 277 tower lineup and wait runway 32
OLT277: Lineup and wait runway 32 OLTRA 277

[20120523 2127Z]
LSZH TWR: OLTRA 277 winds 340 degrees 2 knots runway 32 cleared for takeoff
OLT277: cleared for takeoff runway 32 OLTRA 277

[20120523 2129Z]
LSZH TWR: OLTRA 277 confirm passing 3000 feet.
OLT277: affirm OLTRA 277
LSZH TWR: Danke identified remain on my frequency climb flightlevel 120
OLT277: Level 120 [OLTRA] 277 und vielen Dank, dass das auch so schnell ging
LSZH TWR: Ja ansonsten hätten wir Sie zum Kaffee eingeladen hier oben
OLT277: Das nächste Mal, danke

[20120523 2131Z]
LSZH TWR: OLTRA 277 when passing FL80 proceed direct ALAGO
OLT277: when passing [FL] 80 direct ALAGO OLTRA 277

[20120523 2132Z]
LSZH TWR: OLTRA 277 contact swissradar on 133.9 Schönen Heimflug
OLT277: Ok, danke 133.9 OLTRA 277 Schönen Dank nochmal

OLT277 (23. May 2012): Flight route recording
Source: LiveATC