A Few Minor Yuks!
Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2004 1:56 pm
AVIATION DEFINITIONS :
Dive - Pilots' lounge or airport cafe.
Engine Failure - A condition that occurs when all fuel tanks become filled with air.
Glider - Formerly "airplane," whose fuel tanks have become filled with air.
Glide Distance-Half the distance from an airplane to the nearest emergency landing field.
Range - Usually about 30 miles beyond the point where all fuel tanks fill with air.
Exceptional Flying Ability - Has equal number of takeoffs and landings.
Flashlight - Tubular metal container kept in flight bag for storing dead batteries.
Occupied - An airline term for lavatory.
Pilot - A poor, misguided soul who talks about women when he's flying and flying when he's with a woman.
Roger
