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Found this at www.dustoff.org Airfoil: Reynolds Wrap for manufacturing aircraft wings. Airspeed: Speed of an airplane. Deduct 25% when listening to a Navy pilot. Angle of Attack: Pick-up lines that pilots use. Arresting Gear: A Policeman's equipment. Bank: The folks who hold the lien on most pilots' cars. Barrel Roll: Sport enjoyed at squadron picnics, usually after the barrels are empty. Carburetor Icing: A phenomenon happening to Aero club pilots at exactly the same time they run out of gas. Cone of Confusion: An area about the size of New Jersey located near the final approach beacon at an airport. Crab: The squadron Ops. Officer. Dead Reckoning: You reckon correctly, or you are. Engine Failure: A condition which occurs when all fuel tanks become filled with air. Firewall: Section of the aircraft specially designed to let heat and smoke enter the cockpit. Glide Distance: Half the distance from an airplane to the nearest emergency landing field. Hydroplane: An airplane designed to land on a wet runway, 20,000 feet long. IFR: A method of flying by needle and ripcord. Lean Mixture: Non-alcoholic beer. Motor: Word used by student pilots and Yankees when referring to the engine. Nanosecond: Time delay built into the stall warning system. Parasitic Drag: A pilot who bums a ride back and complains about the service. Range: Usually about 30 miles beyond the point where all fuel tanks fill with air. Rich Mixture: What you order at the other guy's promotion party. Roger: Used when you're not sure what else to say. Roll: The first design priority for a fully loaded KC-135A. Service Ceiling: Altitude at which cabin crews can serve drinks. Spoilers: The Federal Aviation Administration. Stall: Technique used to explain to the bank why your car payment is late. Steep Bank: Banks that charge pilots more than 10% interest. Tactics: What a clock sounds like when it needs fixing. Tail Wind: Results from eating beans, often causing Oxygen deficiency in the immediate vicinity. Useful Load: Volumetric capacity of the aircraft, as regarding weight of cargo. Up: A chant used by pilots taking off from Colorado Springs, who want to discover the meaning of life. VOR: Radio navigation aid, named after the VORtex effect of pilots trying to home in on it. Yankee: Any pilot that asks Houston tower to "Say again". Zero: Style and artistry points earned for a gear-up landing. ==^================================================================ EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?aVxiLm.aVzvvT Or send an email To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This email was sent to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
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