Richard
Final Approach
- Joined
- Feb 27, 2005
- Messages
- 9,076
- Location
- West Coast Resistance
- Display Name
Display name:
Ack...city life
Airspeed- True airspeed plus 20 knots when talking to other pilots.
Bail out- Getting the water out of the fuselage after a heavy rain.
Carb ice- Phrase used when reporting a forced landing caused by running out of fuel.
Clear- Warning shouted one second after you hit the starter.
Contact- Friend who can get you aircraft parts at wholesale.
Downwind- Takeoff made by nonconformist.
Elevation- Condition brought on by severe updrafts.
Fin- Price of three aircraft bolts.
Final approach- Asking the waitress at the airport cafe for the fifth time to fly to Las Vegas with you.
Flight plan- Scheme to get away from the house to go flying.
Groundspeed- Elapsed time driving from home to the airport.
Gross weight- Maximum permissable takeoff weight plus two suit cases, 10 quarts of oil, four rifles, four sleeping bags, and a box of wood.
Hanger- Home for anything that flies, mostly birds.
IFR- Affliction of pilots who get vertigo when they watch where they are going.
Kilometers- A scale printed on charts to further confuse pilots who are already in trouble with knots.
Lazy eight- The airport FBO owner, his four mechanics, and three lineman.
Motor- Word used by Englishmen and student pilots when referring to engines.
Overhaul- Uniform worn by aggie pilots.
Pitch- Story you give your spouse about needing an airplane for your business.
Quarry- Name for unusually poor emergency landing site.
Roll- Money needed to take waitress at airport cafe to Las Vegas.
Runway- Ramp extending from stage into audience area at all good burlesque houses.
Stall- Explaining to the finance company why you cannot make your airplane payment on time.
Supercharger- Pilot with eight credit cards.
Takeoff- (see Runway)
Throttle- What you would like to do to the guy who bumps your wing tip.
Trim tab- Device that can fly an airplane better than most pilots.
Useful Load- The number of cokes or beers you can drink without having to insist on an unscheduled comfort stop short of your destination.
VFR- Instrument weather conditions as observed by a pilot without an instrument rating.
XC- Log book entry used by pilot flying local who gets lost in the pattern and has to land at another airfield for fuel.
Credit is given to Wanda Strassburg, a longtime CFI and DPE extraodinaire based at KSBP. She also is the Safety Chairman of the local Ninety-Nines chapter.
Bail out- Getting the water out of the fuselage after a heavy rain.
Carb ice- Phrase used when reporting a forced landing caused by running out of fuel.
Clear- Warning shouted one second after you hit the starter.
Contact- Friend who can get you aircraft parts at wholesale.
Downwind- Takeoff made by nonconformist.
Elevation- Condition brought on by severe updrafts.
Fin- Price of three aircraft bolts.
Final approach- Asking the waitress at the airport cafe for the fifth time to fly to Las Vegas with you.
Flight plan- Scheme to get away from the house to go flying.
Groundspeed- Elapsed time driving from home to the airport.
Gross weight- Maximum permissable takeoff weight plus two suit cases, 10 quarts of oil, four rifles, four sleeping bags, and a box of wood.
Hanger- Home for anything that flies, mostly birds.
IFR- Affliction of pilots who get vertigo when they watch where they are going.
Kilometers- A scale printed on charts to further confuse pilots who are already in trouble with knots.
Lazy eight- The airport FBO owner, his four mechanics, and three lineman.
Motor- Word used by Englishmen and student pilots when referring to engines.
Overhaul- Uniform worn by aggie pilots.
Pitch- Story you give your spouse about needing an airplane for your business.
Quarry- Name for unusually poor emergency landing site.
Roll- Money needed to take waitress at airport cafe to Las Vegas.
Runway- Ramp extending from stage into audience area at all good burlesque houses.
Stall- Explaining to the finance company why you cannot make your airplane payment on time.
Supercharger- Pilot with eight credit cards.
Takeoff- (see Runway)
Throttle- What you would like to do to the guy who bumps your wing tip.
Trim tab- Device that can fly an airplane better than most pilots.
Useful Load- The number of cokes or beers you can drink without having to insist on an unscheduled comfort stop short of your destination.
VFR- Instrument weather conditions as observed by a pilot without an instrument rating.
XC- Log book entry used by pilot flying local who gets lost in the pattern and has to land at another airfield for fuel.
Credit is given to Wanda Strassburg, a longtime CFI and DPE extraodinaire based at KSBP. She also is the Safety Chairman of the local Ninety-Nines chapter.
