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Title: Aviation Dictionary
Post by: Blinder on May 01, 2014, 05:33:02 PM
Aviation Dictionary  :airplane:

( feel free to add your own )


Airspeed: Speed of an airplane. Deduct 25% when listening to a Navy pilot.

Bank: The folks who hold the lien on most pilots' cars.

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 the airplane to the nearest emergency landing field.

Hydroplane: An airplane designed to land on a 20,000 foot long wet runway.

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.

Service Ceiling: Altitude at which cabin crews can serve drinks.

Spoilers: The Federal Aviation Administration.

Stall: Technique used to explain to the bank why you car payment is late.

Title: Re: Aviation Dictionary
Post by: Volron on May 01, 2014, 08:37:25 PM
 :lol
Title: Re: Aviation Dictionary
Post by: HawkerMKII on May 03, 2014, 08:59:23 AM
Prop  Item to keep pilot cool......cuz when its stops he sweats like a mother....
 :airplane: