Rope a dope air combat maneuvers4/21/2024 Hair on Fire - Going really fast, but implies recklessness or a lack of control. Red Flag is a realistic combat exercise for pilots so we figured this would be the same thing for paper pushers. Ground Pounder Red Flag - Squadron Officer School. "The Colonel went ballistic when I showed up late for the briefing." What a missile does when it loses its target. Golden Hands - A pilot who flies really well would be said to have golden hands. "It was a real goat rope out there today!" Also "bend the throttles off".įox One - Fighter pilot term for "I just shot a radar guided missile".įox Two - Same thing but a heat-seeking missile.įox Three - A fire-and-forget missile like an AMRAAM or Phoenix.įox Four - Few people know this one. Also "Balls to the wall", which means the balls on the end of the throttles to the firewall (bet you thought it meant something else). Piston airplanes had a literal firewall between the engine and the pilot. Used to describe something too complex for you to fully understand the workings of.įear, Sarcasm and Ridicule - Air Training Command teaching methodology.įighter pilot breakfast - A Coke, a smoke and a puke.įirewall - Push the throttles all the way forward. In earlier days they would be told to get "a gallon of prop wash".įM - "Effing Magic". An old prank was to send a new student out to get "10 feet of flight line". "I saw the MiG and my fangs came out."įlight Line - Where the planes are parked. A student pilot who is brought back to teach other students.įangs Out - To get aggressive. It was a real E-Ticket ride!"įAIP - First Assignment Instructor Pilot. Back in the day, Disney World issued different classes of tickets. Sometimes followed by "Punching Out".ĭot Chaser - Fighter pilot term for air defense interceptor pilots.Įlephant Walk - When a large number of aircraft taxi in sequence.Į-Ticket Ride - A wild ride. Hence the name.ĭepart - To depart controlled flight. Originally designed to clear jungle in Vietnam. From an aerial view it's shaped like the branches of a tree.ĭaisy Cutter - A fuel-air munition. Six O'clock is behind you and Twelve is in front.Ĭhristmas Tree - Where the alert aircraft are parked. "Cease Buzzer" means "Turn off your jammers!"Ĭheck Six - Look behind you. "I hooked my instrument check."īuzzer - Electronic jammers. Every Colonel walked around with one.īust - To fail a check ride. Meant as an insult.īreak Red - To cross the red line surrounding the flight line somewhere other than the entry point.īrick - Handheld radio. "Full Blower" would be maximum thrust.īlue Steely - Six passenger Air Force pickup truck.īomber Pattern - A traffic pattern flown too wide (in a small plane). Usually neither happy nor friendly people.īlower - Afterburner. To be "on the barber pole" meant you were going as fast as you could go.īird - Full Colonel (O-6). "I was carrying four slicks and three bags of gas."īarber Pole - The red/white striped needle on some airspeed indicators that marked the maximum allowable speed. Works best if you do it like a bucket brigade.īags - Drop tanks. Bag Drag - To load/unload your gear on an aircraft.
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