You say "Heli", I say "Helo". What gives?
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takes me back to the old hover , huvver debate. At least we call the collective and cylic the same .Maybe we can all call it hubschrauber to avoid confusion.
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Spelt is indeed a type of wheat but it is also an acceptable past tense/past participle of spell. 
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Whirls
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Wow, pots and kettles. A helipocter pilet complaining that poeple can't spell?
In Oz they are choppers. No Pommy connotations of genitals, no Yank thoughts of Hardly Davidsons. No political correctness. Just choppers.
if we had a choice between helis and helos, we take helos.
In Oz they are choppers. No Pommy connotations of genitals, no Yank thoughts of Hardly Davidsons. No political correctness. Just choppers.
if we had a choice between helis and helos, we take helos.
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There is a test to make sure if its genuine bullsh*t
If it looks, smells and feels like bullsh*t and you throw it in the air and it stays up there, it sure is bullsh*t.
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Hubscrauber you say... try using Þyrla (Icelandic) instead, sounds a lot better
I have sometimes wondered why the difference in say, lift and elevator, fag and cigarette, gasoline and petrol?
There is a test to make sure if its genuine bullsh*t
If it looks, smells and feels like bullsh*t and you throw it in the air and it stays up there, it sure is bullsh*t.
widgeon
Hubscrauber you say... try using Þyrla (Icelandic) instead, sounds a lot better
I have sometimes wondered why the difference in say, lift and elevator, fag and cigarette, gasoline and petrol?
Avoid imitations
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In my time in the British military (almost two decades), only the wavy navy flew "helos". We flew helis.
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City...
But "heli" sounds so...dainty, nice, accomodating...Seattle-like, eh?
"Helo" sounds like something that means and takes care of business doesn't it? Regardless of sequence of letters in the unabbreviated word.
Just sayin'
But "heli" sounds so...dainty, nice, accomodating...Seattle-like, eh?
"Helo" sounds like something that means and takes care of business doesn't it? Regardless of sequence of letters in the unabbreviated word.
Just sayin'
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And then try working with the USFS who insist on calling it a "ship" all day long...I am starting a revolution at my base to at least call it an "aircraft"..
But "heli" sounds so...dainty, nice, accomodating...Seattle-like, eh?
"Helo" sounds like something that means and takes care of business doesn't it? Regardless of sequence of letters in the unabbreviated word.
"Helo" sounds like something that means and takes care of business doesn't it? Regardless of sequence of letters in the unabbreviated word.
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Gordy...OMG...don't get me started. Oops, too late.
With all due respect to the USFS, calling helicopters "ships" is probably the least of their issues. No gov't agency should have oversight of contractor processes that they have no clue about themselves and are too proud to reach out for help from other agencies that DO understand the processes.
I feel better now, thanks.
With all due respect to the USFS, calling helicopters "ships" is probably the least of their issues. No gov't agency should have oversight of contractor processes that they have no clue about themselves and are too proud to reach out for help from other agencies that DO understand the processes.
I feel better now, thanks.
Dsn....
Would love to comment..."discretion is the .....", Ya know where I am coming from...
I am starting a "money box"...$1 everytime any time one of my crew calls it a "ship"....said $ will purchase copious amounts of "adult beverages" at the end of fire season gathering..... Nuff said... I am guessing you aware of the current "Operational Control" issues between the FAA, USFS and contractors....?
Would love to comment..."discretion is the .....", Ya know where I am coming from...
I am starting a "money box"...$1 everytime any time one of my crew calls it a "ship"....said $ will purchase copious amounts of "adult beverages" at the end of fire season gathering..... Nuff said... I am guessing you aware of the current "Operational Control" issues between the FAA, USFS and contractors....?
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I've always been bemused at the term "helicopter gun ship" ... well which is it? 
Does it suffer from a mechanical identity crisis?
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Whirls
Does it suffer from a mechanical identity crisis?Cheers
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As one of our large witty American Aviators (a heli-tubby like me - definitely not a helo-tubby) says to us "Tea Bags"
Don't lose the plot, people have the right to be let loose on their interpretation and use of their language whether they are over here or over there.
I think it capital that incorrect use of capitals is not considered a capital offence
- BUT - still cringe when oregano (orrygarno - not orregganno) is called a (an?) URB!
Another tip: -
Always ensure that you only fly aircraft that are insured!
Trog
You may have invented the English language but we perpetrated it!
I think it capital that incorrect use of capitals is not considered a capital offence
- BUT - still cringe when oregano (orrygarno - not orregganno) is called a (an?) URB!
Another tip: -
Always ensure that you only fly aircraft that are insured!
Trog
