Aviation Slang, Jargon, and New Words from Double-Tongued Dictionary

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babysit v. Some airline industry officials said the proliferation of smaller planes is also a result of airlines’ efforts to protect their slots. In a practice known as “baby-sitting” slots, they are scheduling more frequent flights than they need to certain destinations to ward off competition, the officials said. [English Aviation Jargon] [full cite] (Aug. 28, 2006)

Bambi Bucket n. Inter-Island employees…helped firefighters attach to the chopper a 144-gallon Bambi Bucket, which hangs suspended from the aircraft after it lifts off.…D’Attilio hovered over the fire department’s new 2,500-gallon portable water tank and dipped the bucket into the pool. He then flew 20 yards to the corner of the parking lot and dispensed the 1,200 pounds of water in a matter of seconds on a small sign set up in a parking space for the purpose of the demonstration. [English Aviation Firefighting] [full cite] (Oct. 24, 2007)

barf buzzard n. Officially, NASA’s C-135 was designated the Reduced Gravity Aircraft; unofficially, hapless trainees dubbed it the “vomit comet’”barf buzzard,” and “weightless wonder.” [English Aviation Slang] [full cite] (Sep. 29, 2006)

barrette n. Sometimes the rows of colored approach lights are referred to as “barrettes.” [English Aviation Jargon] [full cite] (Feb. 28, 2006)

bathtub n. Bathtub: Non-loadbearing aerodynamic leading edge structure in the way of the root end of the wing. [English Aviation Slang] [full cite] (Dec. 17, 2007)

bear n. Bear: The Electronic Warfare Officer (EWO), the GIB. Refers to pilot’s opinion that a trained bear can replace the GIB. (See: FUF). [English Aviation Military Slang] [full cite] (Jun. 22, 2007)

Bitchin’ Betty n. The 19 pilots in the 200-member squadron stationed at El Toro fly the FA-18 Hornets, a single-seat, high-tech aircraft that features computerized instrument panels, television screens to aid in bombing run accuracy and even a computerized female voice—dubbed “Bitchin’ Betty"—that alerts pilots to mechanical trouble. [English Aviation Military Slang] [full cite] (Feb. 10, 2006)

Bitching Betty n. He pointed out that the USAF F-16s have a female audio alert, affectionately known as Bitching Betty. [English Aviation Military Slang] [full cite] (Feb. 8, 2006)

bitching Betty n. The best that could be done with the gear was to install inside the cockpit a “bitching Betty,” a computerized female voice that warned the pilot of a planing link failure. [English Aviation Military Slang] [full cite] (Feb. 10, 2006)

Bitching Betty n. When the technicians throw an emergency into the program, the pilots become familiar with the female voice—known universally to pilots as “Bitching Betty"—that announces the problem automatically into their headsets. [English Aviation Military Slang] [full cite] (Feb. 10, 2006)

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