Oldies phonetics
Okay ... let's see if we can dredge up some other Qs. QFE/QNH has stayed with us. QSY has been banned. I know there are dozens but the brain cells are popping up with QTEs & QDMs, Who knows about the RAF QGH approach. Forgotten QNE and the other fifty or so. I'm sure we can Google them all. No counting QHI or QPR!
As the years whizz by ... my mind turns back to an oddity of the 1950s. Who remembers the luscious Diana Dors? Squadron pilots were encouraged to study the service AP 129 flying bible ... about the size of a London telephone directory. At my Canberra base in Wittering (that would have been 1956 ish) her Majesty's Stationery Office produced a seaside style poster to display on the Squadron OPS board. The buxom Diana lady was pictured in the nude clutching the said AP129 to her ample bosom. The catch line ran ... AP129 covers everything. Sorry for the 'tittle-tattle' lads ... its been one hell of a bad wx day! Take care all from the Chief COF. Dennis Kenyon.