UK Flying Terms
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UK Flying Terms
A bud told me that there used to be a document or pamphlet with UK flying terms, and asked if I knew of a place to find them now. After explaining I was in Belgium, not the UK, I told him I would ask here. Any help would be appreciated...
Cheers! M2
Cheers! M2
Go easy on MMM; he is ethnically challenged. 
How's the family, dude, and when are you heading home? Looking forward to returning to a Democratic country?
How's the family, dude, and when are you heading home? Looking forward to returning to a Democratic country?
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Howdy Ham!
Didn't realize someone was taking the pi$$ out of me, I wish some people would learn to speak English...like us 'Mericans!!
We are due to leave in June, I am hoping to get back to San Antonio as I will be retiring
one year after arriving. I hear WalMart is hiring. Of course SWMBO wants to be closer to (her) family, but season tickets at Sea World make everything
Drop me a PM and let me know how things are with you and the clan...
Oh, by the way, apparantly there was a pamphlet the 3AF guys at Mildenhall used to publish on UK flying terms ("Language of a certain kind; chosen words: spoke in rather vague terms; "praised him in glowing terms."); however, it is not available on-line. I doubt anyone here would have a copy, but is there anything similar to us non-native speakers that visit/fly over your fine country?
Cheers! M2
Didn't realize someone was taking the pi$$ out of me, I wish some people would learn to speak English...like us 'Mericans!!
We are due to leave in June, I am hoping to get back to San Antonio as I will be retiring
one year after arriving. I hear WalMart is hiring. Of course SWMBO wants to be closer to (her) family, but season tickets at Sea World make everything Drop me a PM and let me know how things are with you and the clan...
Oh, by the way, apparantly there was a pamphlet the 3AF guys at Mildenhall used to publish on UK flying terms ("Language of a certain kind; chosen words: spoke in rather vague terms; "praised him in glowing terms."); however, it is not available on-line. I doubt anyone here would have a copy, but is there anything similar to us non-native speakers that visit/fly over your fine country?
Cheers! M2
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Prang = crash
Wizard = Very good
T1ts up = wrong
Donkey = engine
eg: The donkey stopped, and it looked like it was all going t1ts up, but then I had a wizard prang, and here I am, said Nigel.
Wizard = Very good
T1ts up = wrong
Donkey = engine
eg: The donkey stopped, and it looked like it was all going t1ts up, but then I had a wizard prang, and here I am, said Nigel.
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If it's radio terminology you're looking for, the UK Civil aviation language is contained in CAP 413
http://www.caa.co.uk/publications/pu...ils.asp?id=247
You can either buy the book, or download the pdf...
Hmmm, it's been quite a few years since I looked at it, perhaps I had better get a copy too.
http://www.caa.co.uk/publications/pu...ils.asp?id=247
You can either buy the book, or download the pdf...
Hmmm, it's been quite a few years since I looked at it, perhaps I had better get a copy too.
