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02-24-2004, 11:06
Aviation Dictionary
Airspeed - Speed of an airplane. Deduct 25% when listening to an Air Force pilot.
Bank - The folks who hold the lien on most pilots' cars.
Carburetor Icing - A phenomenon that happens 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 mysteriously 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 - Nonalcoholic beer.
Nanosecond - Time delay built into the stall warning system.
Parasitic Drag - A pilot who bums a ride 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 depletion in the immediate vicinity.
Turn & Bank Indicator - An instrument largely ignored by pilots.
Useful Load - Volumetric capacity of the aircraft, disregarding weight.
VOR - Radio navigation aid, named after the
VORtex effect on pilots trying to home in on it.
Yankee - Any pilot who asks Houston tower to "Say again."
Zero - Style and artistry points earned for a gear-up landing.
Airspeed - Speed of an airplane. Deduct 25% when listening to an Air Force pilot.
Bank - The folks who hold the lien on most pilots' cars.
Carburetor Icing - A phenomenon that happens 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 mysteriously 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 - Nonalcoholic beer.
Nanosecond - Time delay built into the stall warning system.
Parasitic Drag - A pilot who bums a ride 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 depletion in the immediate vicinity.
Turn & Bank Indicator - An instrument largely ignored by pilots.
Useful Load - Volumetric capacity of the aircraft, disregarding weight.
VOR - Radio navigation aid, named after the
VORtex effect on pilots trying to home in on it.
Yankee - Any pilot who asks Houston tower to "Say again."
Zero - Style and artistry points earned for a gear-up landing.