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Steam guages
Is anyone else growing as weary of the cutesy aviation term "steam guages" as I am? Or is it only me...? |
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I'm tireder of "yank and bank."
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Trying to think of an alternative - round gauges, analog gauges, round
holed panel, etc. Steam gauge is pretty sexy. Sexier than MFD, PFD, LED, although HUD is at least pronounceable. Of course acronyms are easier to spell correctly.. wrote: Is anyone else growing as weary of the cutesy aviation term "steam guages" as I am? Or is it only me...? |
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Maule Driver ) wrote:
Trying to think of an alternative - round gauges, analog gauges, round holed panel, etc. Steam gauge is pretty sexy. Sexier than MFD, PFD, LED, although HUD is at least pronounceable. "Steam gauges" is easier to use and more quickly understood in a conversation, IMO. -- Peter |
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wrote in message ... Is anyone else growing as weary of the cutesy aviation term "steam guages" as I am? Or is it only me...? How about "conventional guages" Howard --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.841 / Virus Database: 572 - Release Date: 1/21/2005 |
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Y'All,
I just gave away my WWI Steam Gauge Tester... Gene Dear Gene, On behalf of the National Liberty Ship Memorial, the Board of Directors, Crew and Volunteers of the S.S. Jeremiah O'Brien, I would like to thank you for your donation of authentic Liberty Ship engine room equipment. Best Regards, Chet Robbins Administrative Director National Liberty Ship Memorial wrote in message ... Is anyone else growing as weary of the cutesy aviation term "steam guages" as I am? Or is it only me...? |
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They are properly called "electro-mechanical" gauges.
Karl wrote in message ... Now there you go. "Old dumb guages". Much better. Much less pretentious. On Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:00:32 -0500, Bob Noel wrote: In article , wrote: "Steam guages" strikes me as one of those yuppie-type expressions that you must use to avoid ostracism by the "in" crowd. not in any usage I've heard. Folk I know use it do indicate old dumb gauges as opposed to the new glass stuff... |
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"Dan Luke" wrote in message ... I'm tireder of "yank and bank." I'm tirederer of "dive and drive". |
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wrote in message ... Is anyone else growing as weary of the cutesy aviation term "steam guages" as I am? Or is it only me...? Well the usage is certainly changing. Hundreds of days ago in the pre-G1000 era, the phrase "steam gauges" was used only to describe panels that were laid out by loading all the instruments into a shotgun and firing it at the panel. Now people are using it to describe any panel where the six basic instruments don't require an alternator to operate. "Round gauges" strikes me as more ontologically precise. Inaccurate usage gets my pedantic goat much faster than egregious cutesiness. -cwk. |
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