Chunkas
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More
stout than would normally be expected. Plain old MASSIVE! |
Worminator
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A
flying device proven to be capable (OR suspected capable) of killing worms
100mm below ground level after spotting them from 30metres up. |
Oh
Shit! |
A flying sequence totally contrary to
that intended, ending in the inevitable rearrangement of a plane's basic
airframe. |
Lumberjack |
An errant 'Chunkas' plane that will
surely lop limbs from trees not quick enough to get out the way. |
Cash
Crop |
The art of planting an Albatross vertically
into a neighbour's ploughed paddock. |
32 |
A S..t Load! A large but quite non-specific
quantity. We have had a '32' of 'Oh Shits' in our flying field. |
Exejutive |
A specialised runway, proving always
to be just that little bit difficult to land on. |
Stall |
The least-most favourite flying manouvre.
Normally precedes a 'Worminator', 'Oh Shit!' or 'Cash Crop' event. |
Mullet |
A floater. About 8ozs/foot sq (25 grams/dm
sq). This kind of glider really doesn't know how to stall. |
Loop |
About the only aerobatic manouvre a
mullet can perform. |
Nearby
Planet |
Earth
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Tangential |
The
preferred trajectory when approaching a 'Nearby Planet'. Results, most times,
in a safe, intact landing. |
Vertical |
Never
a nice word to hear when in the same sentence as '..close to a Nearby Planet'.
Definitely contra-indicated for safe landings. |
Roll |
Easy
when it's something you eat. Hard when you're trying to do one with no ailerons. |
What
fell out my plane? |
Bad,
bad! Certainly preceeds a 'Vertical' event associated with a 'Nearby Planet'. |
Stress
Reliever |
That
part of a plane that always breaks on a harder than normal landing. |
Magnet |
One lone eucalypt on the boundary between the Mepsteads and Drakes (Olympic
Flying field) that has snared too many unwary planes. We now refer to
altitudes in units of Magnets. One Magnet is about 12 metres. |
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