As Sir Winston Churchill once coined, some things are “just a mystery combined with an enigma wrapped in a puzzle” Perhaps we’re never meant to know sometimes. Maybe “they” want it that that way. Or maybe this is just my imagination running away with me. One confusing thing that is for sure is aviation. As an example, try these. airspeed, altitude, yaw, roll, pitch, stall, taxi, runway, ATC, and turbulence. Here are a few more: Abeam – Object located in your 3 or 9 O’clock position. Used in position reporting AGL – Above Ground Level. An airplane’s altimeter reads height above. We could go on & on, but we won’t. Watch below from Simple Flying
Mean Sea Level Air Boss – Head of the Air Department onboard a carrier; ruler of the flight deck. Air Wing: the entire complement of aircraft fielded by the carrier in battle: fighters, attack jets, early-warning planes, tankers, helicopters, antisubmarine patrol craft, etc. Alert 5 – A manned aircraft that can launch within five minutes. Similarly, Alert 15, Alert 30, Alert 60. Aluminum Cloud – The F-14 is so large that it is sometimes referred to by this term. Aluminum overcast – Describing a large aircraft Alpha Mike Foxtrot – “AMF”. Phonetics for “Adios Mother F#cker”. Angel – Carrier rescue helicopter. Had enough? Watch the video below
courtesy of the always interesting Simple Flying. If nothing else, this will keep you busy as you wait for your flight. It will certainly wow your spouse and teenage children.
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