Show Muscle Stretchers and Mice Can Make a ca Jet Jockey Flute Happy A hew new language is in the mak mak- making ing that ing-that that of the jet pilots Its al all Greek to the average man and anc and to the pilots of World War I Il II Ilits its it's slightly unintelligible but the themen themen themen men from Mars know what wha they're talking about Heres Here's an abridged abri ged version o otheir of their dictionary Hot Hot- Seat Pilots Seat Pilots Pilot's ejection seat Squirt Job Job Jet Jet plane Squirting Pertaining to jet flight Bird Cage Cage Area Area of jet plane where fuel oil and hydraulic lines connect to engines engine's sec sec- tion I I II Dose Hose Nose Pilot Nose Pilot dressed with helmet and oxygen mask 1 Man From Mars Jet Mars Jet pilot with full flight light equipment Helmet parachute and one man dinghy Mae West oxygen mask bailout bottle goggles and flying suit Muscle Stretcher Stretcher-A A boost system system tem tern which augments pilots pilot's ef ef- efforts efforts ef- ef efforts forts to move elevators on some types of planes Flute Head Flute Head of control stick which is filled with buttons and controls in such a manner as to bear a faint resemblance to a flute Flute Happy Dappy Control s t tic i c e K ar happy or when the pilot does does' everything that's in the book as aswell aswell aswell well as many things which are not Mice Tail Mice Tail pipe inserts which facilitate adjustment of nozzle area and thus permit maximum thrust Fat or Had Dad It Made Made Any Any completely com com- completely completely successful operation such sueh I as landing take off tak off target run etc In short everything Is I okay I I II Go Handle Jet Handle Jet engine throttle control Panic Button State Button State of emer emer- emergency emergency emergency gency when the pilot mentally pushes buttons and switches in all aU directions control Console Pilots Console Pilots Pilot's cockpit panels which because of the pre pre- preponderance preponderance preponderance of switches and knobs reminds one of the console of an organ Binders Binders Brakes l on the Binders Binders Apply Apply brakes Pucks Pucks Brake Brake lining disks Ejector The Ejector The end portion of the tail pipe through which jet gases escape into the air Pants Duct Where Duct Where in air-in ducts meet to pass air into the com com- compressor compressor compressor section of the engine Railroading Inadvertent Railroading Inadvertent shut shut- shuttling shuttling shuttling between normal and emery emer gency fuel systems Belly Bank Red Bank Red splice strap where tail section of F 84 is joined to the main fuselage section Jet Jockeys Pilots Jockeys Pilots who fly jet aircraft Blow Torch Torch Term Term applied to jet engine or to plane using jet en en- gine Oil Burner Term applied to jet let engine because it uses an oil type ype fuel a refined form of kero kero- sene Squirrel Cage Highly Cage Highly active section of brain department such as jet maintenance and en- en engineering engineering offices where mechanical mechanical ical cal and flight problems are worked out |