Originally Posted by
ETOPS
Scoobster
Purely in the interest of widening your "aviation" knowledge....
The world famous Parker Pen company produced a fountain pen called the P-51.
There is also a WW2 fighter called the P-51 Mustang - a fraudster from times past allegedly inflated his yearly hours by simply writing in P-51 flights that never took place
Hence the phrase..........
I had to LOL at this.. I've heard of the Parker Pen from growing up and from the chap I forgot his name now who used to do the adverts fro Sun Life Insurance with the strap line ' Call now and you will receive a FREE PARKER PEN'.
Not heard it used in that context though so cheers