Just to help y’all with these, a LOT of these have to do with recips NOT with jets… Just sayin…
Useful Aviation Terms
Useful Aviation Terms
AIRSPEED – Speed of an airplane. (Deduct 25% when listening to a retired fighter pilot.)
BANK – The folks who hold the lien on most pilots’ cars.
CARBURETOR ICING – A phenomenon reported to the FAA by pilots immediately after they run out of gas.
CONE OF CONFUSION – An area about the size of New Jersey located near the final approach fix at an airport.
DEAD RECKONING – You reckon correctly, or you are.
DESTINATION – Geographical location 30 minutes beyond the pilot’s bladder saturation point.
ENGINE FAILURE – A condition that occurs when all fuel tanks mysteriously become filled with low-octane air.
FIREWALL – Section of the aircraft specifically designed to funnel heat and smoke into the cockpit.
FLIGHT FOLLOWING – Formation flying.
GLIDE DISTANCE – Half the distance from an airplane to the nearest emergency landing field.
HOBBS – An instrument which creates an emergency situation should it fail during dual instruction.
HYDROPLANE – An airplane designed to land long on a short and wet runway.
LEAN MIXTURE – Nonalcoholic beer.
MINI MAG LITE – Device designed to support the AA battery industry. (that’s for DAMN sure)…
NANOSECOND – Time delay between the Low Fuel Warning light and the onset of carburetor icing.
PARASITIC DRAG – A pilot who bums a ride and complains about the service.
RICH MIXTURE – What you order at another pilot’s promotion party.
ROGER – Used when you’re not sure what else to say.
SECTIONAL CHART – Any chart that ends 25 nm short of your destination.
SERVICE CEILING – Altitude at which cabin crew can serve drinks.
SPOILERS – FAA Inspectors.
STALL – Technique used to explain to the bank why your car payment is late.
STEEP BANKS – Banks that charge pilots more than 10% interest.
TURN & BANK INDICATOR – An instrument largely ignored by pilots.
USEFUL LOAD – Volumetric capacity of the aircraft, disregarding weight.
WAC CHART – Directions to the Army female barracks.
YANKEE – Any pilot who has to ask New Orleans tower to “Say again”.
Yep, THAT is gonna leave a ‘couple’ of marks…
And I’d be buying the other guy some glasses!!! “Something” tells me he didn’t look anything like a fish…
Y’all go read the folks on the sidebar, I’m gone to the range!
Quite an ex-“spear”-eance that fellow is havin’ there!
Sorry, couldn’t resist . . .
Ouch!
That joke hurt almost as much as looking at that picture.
Roger.
(I’m a quick learner.)
Think the four rules apply to spear fishing?
Good one! I especially liked the carburetor ice definition.
Those are reason I drive when I can…like from Commerce, GA, to Columbus, GA, to pickup an old (75) Navy buddy and driving him and his wife to Dallas, TX, for our reunion. Long hours, yes. Falling out of the sky…not likely.
eia- Bad… bad…LOL
MSgt- True!
Ed- 🙂
WSF- They ‘should’…
Packet- LOL, seen that one before!
CP- Point WELL taken!!! And NO TSA!!!
OK, that’s some funny stuff right there!
As an aviation personage..those definitions were great! I showed them to a couple of my work buddies and they also got a laugh out of them.
Roger! Poor guys in the picture. He needs to find some new friends. . .