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. It's FM."Īir Training Command teaching methodology. Used to describe something too complex for you to fully understand the workings of. "How does that new radar work?" "I don't know. In earlier days they would be told to get "a gallon of prop wash". An old prank was to send a new student out to get "10 feet of flight line". A student pilot who is brought back to teach other students. It was a real E-Ticket ride!"įirst Assignment Instructor Pilot. Back in the day, Disney World issued different classes of tickets. When a large number of aircraft taxi in sequence.Ī wild ride. Sometimes followed by "Punching Out".įighter pilot term for air defense interceptor pilots. Originally designed to clear jungle in Vietnam. From an aerial view it's shaped like the branches of a tree.Ī fuel-air munition.
Six O'clock is behind you and Twelve is in front. "Cease Buzzer" means "Turn off your jammers!" "I hooked my instrument check."Įlectronic jammers. To cross the red line surrounding the flight line somewhere other than the entry point. "Full Blower" would be maximum thrust.Ī traffic pattern flown too wide (in a small plane). Usually neither happy nor friendly people.Īfterburner. To be "on the barber pole" meant you were going as fast as you could go.įull Colonel (O-6). The red/white striped needle on some airspeed indicators that marked the maximum allowable speed. "I was carrying four slicks and three bags of gas." Works best if you do it like a bucket brigade.ĭrop tanks. We are relatively certain that there are more just not that we remember. This is compilation of some Air Force slang terminology. Every service, or profession, develops their own slang terms for things within the work place.
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