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July 24th 08, 01:31 AM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
Bertie the Bunyip[_24_]
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On Jul 23, 8:11 pm, "RST Engineering" wrote:
Excuse me, sir, I've used it to refer to fixed gear aircraft
departing a runway for some 45 years and 5000 hours, taught it to a
few hundred students, and was taught it by MY instructors long before
you ever became a pilot methinks ... or perhaps while you were still
in liquid form?
Jim
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"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought
without accepting it."
--Aristotle
What it was was Jay distorting an aviation term to sound hip.
Bertie
You'd have to look pretty far to find a pilot who was confused by
Jay's wheels up comment when talking about that airplane.
I wasn't confused at all. It identified him as a tit straight off!
'course I already knew that.
Bertie
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