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Old 5th Aug 2008, 15:18
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redsnail

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Front office = pointy end = best view in the house = cockpit/Flight deck.

Metal or aluminium tube = aeroplane.

Burning kero = burn fuel. Kerosene aka Jet A 1.

Thumped it in = heavy-ish landing.

Carved my initials on the runway = heavy-ish landing.

Burn holes in the sky = holding pattern.

Top of Drop = Top of Descent.

Box = FMS or radio units.

Mark 1 eyeball = your eyes.

SLF = Self loading freight = passengers.

The opposite to "Climbs like a homesick angel" is
"Descends like a homesick brick".

Rattling clouds = Thunderstorms

Sparking clouds = Thunderstorms

Solid clouds = Hail

Clouds with ice = Hail

Chucking it down = Raining heavily.

CB = Cumulo Nimbus. Big fat tall thundery type of cloud.

Cumulo Granitus = fake latin for terrain. Cumulo = type of cloud, Granitus = granite, a type of rock.

Hope this helps.
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