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DX Wombat
14th Feb 2008, 15:47
I started the same thread on another website but thought people here might enjoy the opportunity to have a turn too. So far we have:
A charm of Cessnas (A rattle of Cessnas has been rejected by me as I like C152s so watch it!) :E
A briefcice (it's wot 'is brief 'as innit? according to the author) of Pipers - Think about it! My preference would be for "a pestilence of Pipers"
A noise of Yaks
A dazzle of Diamonds (I also like Diamonds, especially the DA40TDi)
Please continue :)
treadigraph
14th Feb 2008, 16:06
A Chattering of Chipmunks
A Nostalgia of Tiger Moths (not mine, but I always thought it perfect!)
moggiee
14th Feb 2008, 17:03
A "lost" of navigators
A "confusion" of ATCOs
An "arrogance" of pilots
Papa Charlie
14th Feb 2008, 17:08
A Sternone of Mooneys. :E
DX Wombat
14th Feb 2008, 20:03
:ok: Treadigraph.
Moggiee :D
CP - I nearly choked! :D :D
Redbird72
14th Feb 2008, 20:31
A stampede of Mustangs?
treadigraph
14th Feb 2008, 20:34
An Asylum of Parachutists :} Or, in extremis, a Panic...
An Inversion of Aerobaticists
A Preponderance of PPRuNers :ok: Or if you take the opposite view, a Plague...
A Curve of Constellations
Ivor_Novello
14th Feb 2008, 20:44
a Comet of DeHavillands ?
BEagle
14th Feb 2008, 21:40
It's actually a 'misplot' of navigators,
A 'confusion' of co-pilots
A 'reactive load' of AEOs
An 'embarassment' of Air Engineers
and, of course...
A 'superiority' of captains
India Four Two
15th Feb 2008, 05:05
Let's not forget a gaggle of gliders and for Pipers, it should be a tribe.
A herd of Yaks.
Applecore
15th Feb 2008, 07:52
We had a flock of Robins arrive at our airfield last weekend..
stevef
15th Feb 2008, 15:29
A gathering of pilots must surely be 'a swarm of flies'.
fireflybob
15th Feb 2008, 15:55
But what's the collective noun for "Flying Instructors" - often racked my brain for a good one but not succeeded so far!
DX Wombat
15th Feb 2008, 17:06
But what's the collective noun for "Flying Instructors" An insanity? :uhoh: :ooh: :eek:
treadigraph
15th Feb 2008, 21:28
But what's the collective noun for "Flying Instructors"
An insanity?
Nah, an Incompetence! Only kidding folks... honest...
charliegolf
15th Feb 2008, 23:11
A 'thicket' of flying instructors?
CG
tigerbatics
16th Feb 2008, 08:43
A 'Patter' of Flying Instructors perhaps? How about a 'glitch' of Diamonds?
effortless
16th Feb 2008, 09:31
A clump of co-pilots?