As a young Naval Aviator, many of my elders, including one commanding officer, were former LTA pilots. God forbid one should utter “blimp.”
They used to refer to “lightening,” which was one of the ways that they could get rid of ballast to lighten ship and avoid plunging to their deaths. So whenever I see that word, whether used in its aviation sense, or as a loosely-spelled analog for “lightning,” all I can think of is BLIMPS. Forgive me, skipper. 73, Jim N3SZ -- Jim Sturges, N3SZ Amateur Radio operators do it with frequency. ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
