Funny... all those years in maintenance and I've never heard that before. Musta been a term that was used in the fighter community. I mostly worked heavies, and we definitely had a different vocabulary than the pointy-noses dudes!
73, Mike WM4B On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 7:30 AM , Kris Kirby wrote: > On Thu, 10 Sep 2009, Mike Besemer (WM4B) wrote: >> Hmmmm? wonder when it became ?Queer Tape?? For the 24 years I was >> in, it was F-4 tape. (Anybody who ever worked F-4?s knows why!) >> >> I still work for the Air Force? I?ll have to ask some of the Spark >> Chaser >> and Pointy Heads! > > F-4 tape! That's the stuff. As far as I'm aware, it was called Queer > Tape as of about 30 years ago. ;-) > > -- > Kris Kirby, KE4AHR > Disinformation Analyst