Parlez-vous francais...

[CTD]

.....only in an emergency, where three slices are required.

[Thud_and_Blunder]

212,

I think it translates as "bang, bang, bang" - very onomatopaeic. OldB - the real answer please?

[Pat Gerard]

PAN comes from the French " PANNE ", breakdown.

[Joker's Wild]

At the risk of offending everyone's sensitivities, let's be frank. The bi-lingual debate in Canada is ONLY political and I shudder to think how many more millons will be wasted on it in the future.

Were Transport Canada to announce that all charts and publications would, in the future, be published in English only, I'm quite certain the entire Canadian aviation industry would be brought to it's knees.

[CTD]

Not the whole Canadian Aviation Industry, just a small portion of it in Québec. You're right....pure politics.

[Steve76]

Perhaps someone should whip over to Quebec and hand out a few more Molson T-shirts...
Join with me now...'I am Canadian'

[oldbeefer]

Multp - French is about the only thing I'm keeping up these days! T&B, yup, PANNE is a breakdown. Must go and open a bottle of Aussie wine.........

[IHL]

Just hang on Steve76, in another Month Canada's national pass-time will begin, then; you will learn the true meaning of being Canadian. eh.

[Steve76]

Aha! Must be ice hockey? Or is it Rugby!
What I have learn't - Aboat, eh!, oh yeah! & like.
Additionally I have developed an addiction to Tim Hortons.
Assimilation almost completed. Now where did I leave that baseball cap...

[IHL]

Steve76 , it's not ice hockey it's just "HOCKEY". Tim Horton's is very addictive and by the Tim was a Great Hockey Player.

[Steve76]

I think Tim is a better doughnut maker personally....
Man! They're the cheapest way to put on weight and ensure an early death by heart disease
Unfortunately rather tasty....

[John Eacott]

Eh?

[heedm]

http://www.timhortons.com/

[heloplt]

Roofus hit the nail on the head this time...thank goodness the English prevailed over their friendly neighbors the Welsh. Crikey....can you imagine how much fun it would be to copy a clearance in Welsh! We would be using easels instead of kneeboards!

[212man]

Patrick,
if you're following this from home, your tie pin should be waiting for you on your return from leave.

Have a good break.

[Pat Gerard]

212man

Many thanks. I mail you as soon as I get it.

P.S. What do you think of this thread ?

[Steve76]

Pat,
Personally I am suprised that this thread has gone this long. Long may it continue.

[Rotator]

The late Pres. deGaulle still has an awful lot to answer for!

Does anyone else out there approach helicopter IFR (IMC) flying through France with as much trepidation as me? No idea who or what may be close by or, by speaking English, if you are receiving a proper service.

VFR would be more comfortable if the FIS transmitted something other than a taped message!

Why have the French not yet introduced the decimal clock or compass?