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Originally Posted by 767-300ER
(Post 10688414)
my favourite....
landing gear.........undercarriage oh...the RAF don't like the way North Americans use the word momentarily eg "we will be starting engines momentarily...." more correctly "we will be starting engines in a moment" after several years of being berated over this, I tend to agree
Originally Posted by ve3id
(Post 10688465)
Must have been back in the sixties when Paul McCartney was quoted as saying, in reference to a police raid in London, "then the metropolitan scuffers were all over us"
Unfortunately the autographs he got for my sister have long been lost :sad: |
Turning trousers? ...speed jeans, surely? 😂
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Originally Posted by oldmansquipper
(Post 10691703)
Turning trousers? ...speed jeans, surely? 😂
As if it matters anyway.... |
Originally Posted by John Eacott
(Post 10690941)
We haven't even touched on reheat/afterburner :ok:
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Random Question...
Hey gents! Please excuse my ignorance as I'm an American Infantry Marine, so my familiarity with the Air Wing isn't the most extensive.
I was curious if RAF pilots use a specific term for the "runway" (i.e. 'tarmac')? Thanks in advance! |
Sorry for not responding sooner! It's taken this long to complete the manuscript and find a publisher!!!
Is there a specific term for the "Runway" (i.e. 'tarmac' in the US)? |
Originally Posted by TScar001
(Post 11293169)
Hey gents! Please excuse my ignorance as I'm an American Infantry Marine, so my familiarity with the Air Wing isn't the most extensive.
I was curious if RAF pilots use a specific term for the "runway" (i.e. 'tarmac')? Thanks in advance! My late Dad, RAF Qualified Flying Instructor, always referred to it as "the runway" when I was flying with him, as did the other RAF pilots I was privileged to fly with. |
As I remember (not always accurately at my age!) in my 30 odd RAF years, "Runway" if paved and "Landing strip or Strip" if natural surface eg. grass or sand. Open to correction.
Bill |
Awesome!!! Thank you so much!!!
The respect is mutual!!! |
Much appreciated Bill!!! That's great to know!!!
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'Runway' indeed - but sometimes 'The Tarmac'.
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Originally Posted by ZH875
(Post 10688006)
RAFP were always Snowdrops in my time. 1976-2007
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Originally Posted by Bill Macgillivray
(Post 11293281)
As I remember (not always accurately at my age!) in my 30 odd RAF years, "Runway" if paved and "Landing strip or Strip" if natural surface eg. grass or sand. Open to correction.
Bill |
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Originally Posted by chevvron
(Post 11293609)
On multiple runway airfields either 'the main' or 'the short'.
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NZ Terminology
When converting my licence in New Zealand I came across a term for the first time. Flying at an airfield with grass strips and runways -on base leg- the instructor asked me to land on the seal? Couldn't see one anywhere so landed on the runway instead.
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Originally Posted by NutLoose
(Post 11293662)
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Originally Posted by NutLoose
(Post 11293662)
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Runway for Runway.
Tarmac = Paved parking apron. / Ramp Or so I was told |
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