Aircraft,plane,aeroplane,bird,old crate etc?
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Aircraft,plane,aeroplane,bird,old crate etc?
Often pilots cringe at hearing someone calling an aircraft a plane,I've heard some call them by other names as above.
I asked a very experienced ex RAF now Commercial /Private pilot what he thought.
His reply
"Call it what you like,we know what you mean!"
Any thoughts on this?
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I asked a very experienced ex RAF now Commercial /Private pilot what he thought.
His reply
"Call it what you like,we know what you mean!"
Any thoughts on this?
Lister
I'm afraid that plane makes me cringe, I just loathe it for no particular reason. I hear people say crate, kite, cab, and a hundred other things and let it wash over me without a word but plane will get me ranting every time.
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Langley called his 'invention' the Aerodrome. It stayed on the ground all right 
'Aircraft' just sounds better. 'Cessna' sounds like the designer dropped a Lycoming on his foot.
(And yes I know it was the designer's name. I just wish he designed something that looked a little less like a potbellied pig).
'Aircraft' just sounds better. 'Cessna' sounds like the designer dropped a Lycoming on his foot.
(And yes I know it was the designer's name. I just wish he designed something that looked a little less like a potbellied pig).
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Originally Posted by stiknruda
I abhor plane and always call mine an aeroplane, aircraft, bomber or jet!
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Usually "aircraft", I dislike "plane", which is a woodworking tool. Occasionally "jet" - usually reserved for something with either is a jet, or is so small and underpowered that the term offers some amusement.
Biggles usually called what he flew a "machine", and who are we to argue with the master! But, to the best of my knowledge, he never used "plane" either.
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Biggles usually called what he flew a "machine", and who are we to argue with the master! But, to the best of my knowledge, he never used "plane" either.
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I dislike "plane", which is a woodworking tool.
Or use the stick (bit of wood) 'cos ist should be called the control column.
Or a yoke (device for harnessing oxen or carrying containers) 'cos it should be called the control wheel.
And if my control column is a bit of wood?
G
Never knowingly flies with baby goats, but occasionally with children. Usually uses a control column but occasionally, I must confess, a yoke.
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Never knowingly flies with baby goats, but occasionally with children. Usually uses a control column but occasionally, I must confess, a yoke.
A 'plane' is either:
1. A woodworker's tool.
2. Something which self-loading freight use to take them on holidays.
'Jet' is a RAF term of affection, much as 'crate' or 'kite' used to be. Another synonym was 'bomber' which is what we called the Vulcan. 'Cab' is a FAA term; however, bona jet mates once referred to their 'waggon' or 'wag'...
Personally I prefer 'aeroplane'. Which is controlled by a 'control column' - although when discussing stability we use 'stick fixed' and 'stick free' as the descriptive terms.
1. A woodworker's tool.
2. Something which self-loading freight use to take them on holidays.
'Jet' is a RAF term of affection, much as 'crate' or 'kite' used to be. Another synonym was 'bomber' which is what we called the Vulcan. 'Cab' is a FAA term; however, bona jet mates once referred to their 'waggon' or 'wag'...
Personally I prefer 'aeroplane'. Which is controlled by a 'control column' - although when discussing stability we use 'stick fixed' and 'stick free' as the descriptive terms.
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who cares?
I suppose it really depends upon how far one is stuck up ones own anus....
I have a plane, I fly aeroplanes, I land at airports as well as airfields (though rarely an aerodrome). My kite is a 6 foot flexifoil, and planks cover my floors. Mind you I do like 'Gentleman's Aerial Conveyance', maybe one will consider using it in future.....
I suppose it really depends upon how far one is stuck up ones own anus....
I have a plane, I fly aeroplanes, I land at airports as well as airfields (though rarely an aerodrome). My kite is a 6 foot flexifoil, and planks cover my floors. Mind you I do like 'Gentleman's Aerial Conveyance', maybe one will consider using it in future.....
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EA - I care!
I really think it is symptomatic of the lowering of standards and the general dumbing down to be all-inclusive to the bottom feeders!
(By bottom feeders I am not referring to microlight pilots, I mean chavs and folk who think that reality tv is entertainment!)
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I really think it is symptomatic of the lowering of standards and the general dumbing down to be all-inclusive to the bottom feeders!
(By bottom feeders I am not referring to microlight pilots, I mean chavs and folk who think that reality tv is entertainment!)
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Bus, skip, aeroplane, gentlemans aerial carriage, kite, shed, ship, plane. So what? We all know what we mean. And put in perspective of what EASA are trying to do to the art of aviation, lets concentrate on far more worthwhile topics. e.g. how to stop the strangulation of GA.
Getting ourselves sidetracked on these emotive issues won't help prevent the eurocrats regulating our flying into the memory books.
Oh, I forgot to mention. I use all of the above as well as some unprintable ones as well.
Getting ourselves sidetracked on these emotive issues won't help prevent the eurocrats regulating our flying into the memory books.
Oh, I forgot to mention. I use all of the above as well as some unprintable ones as well.