Pilots Talking.
Hi every one here at WA today just a little about how pilots have a language all of their own. It reminds me a lot about the digital world many of us find ourselves in at present. The internet has a plethora of words and descriptions many of which I find fascinating - Algorithm - Backend - Blackhead( another word for a hacker) - Breadcrumbs - GIF - Pingback - Slug - Vlog - Wrap Text - Zilch(meaning zero).
What Pilots say when having a pint at the flying club pub.
Wow! that aircraft is climbing out like a "Homesick Angel" : meaning the aircraft performs well on the climb.
Now that's what I call an absolute greaser" meaning that it was a very smooth landing.
Looks as if that guy trying to land has Kangeroo wee in his tanks": meaning he is bouncing while trying to land.
An American friend of mine and fellow pilot always used to say when an aircraft had outstanding short field capabilities " The aircraft can take off on a Nickel and land on a Dime"
When flying multi engined aircraft - grab yourself a fist full of throttles and get airborne!
Air law - There is 12 hours between Bottle and Throttle!
When an engine stops in mid flight(Very rare) - " the silence was almost deafening"
There is nothing so useless as the sky above you : meaning in case of a engine failure you can only use the sky below or air beneath the wings.
Wiliam Shakspeare also wrote about aviation " maintain thyne airspeed lest the ground shalt rise and smite thee" -------Airspeed keeps you alive when flying aircraft - below a certain speed the aircraft will stall.
Just me having a bit of fun and here's wishing you all plenty of sunny blue skies and lots of sales!
Take care.
Cheers................................Johan.
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Love it. There is "inside" language in many fields.
Us wedding musicians use hand signals when we are on stage to our fellow musicians know the key signature of the upcoming song we will perform - and even use the same signals to teach each other songs we never played before, as we are playing them!
'kick the tires and light the fires'
I was in the air wing in the Marine corps during Vietnam...
Mickeyb
That must of been an experience not to be forgotten.Met a guy many moons ago who used to fly choppers in Nam.........what a character!
Great post! Loved it. Here is the US, I belong to CAP (Civil Air Patrol)! You hit home on this one.
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Thank you for sharing.
You are very welcome.