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Its been a slow week at work, so I‘ve spent a little time browsing through the forum and make an interesting observation. There seems to be a lot of common terminology/phraseology between the Norton community and the aviation community. I suspect there is a large number of members that are retired from or currently working in the aviation community.
Any other thoughts out there? :shock:
 
Count me in that group. I did a 7-year engineering apprenticeship at British Aircraft Coporation, then almost 30 years at Boeing. Only 4 years of my engineering career was at firms who weren't in aviation (Wickman machine tools, and Norton Villiers).
 
There's also about no way to avoid sexual connotations in mechanics. I've had photo's removed from webshots because it was labeled with brake bleed "nipple".

Various liquids names often need translation.

I think there's also andover lap of what various motorsports pilots express just before crashing if time enough too...
 
+1, I got my A&P in 1997, and my IA in 2000. I have also done some work towards a private pilot license, but never finished.
Worked on heavy turboprop cargo, heavy turbo prop commuter and corporate jets.
Done everything from major engine work, sheet metal, cargo mods (both installing and engineering), avionics installations and fancy corporate interiors just to name a few.

There are many members that have an aviation background. I would be interested in seeing some numbers on it.
 
I was prepared for Norton Ownership, I worked on Shorts aircraft, of Belfast. Words like Tyre and the such.
 
bwolfie said:
I was prepared for Norton Ownership, I worked on Shorts aircraft, of Belfast. Words like Tyre and the such.
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Shorts... ??? Looked like Winnibago with wings?
 
Shorts were originally from Sheppey and then Rochester in Kent. They were aeronautical pioneers and first flew I think in 1912. Near where I live they had a factory which during the war made flying boats like the Shorts Sunderland, etc. They moved to Belfast to get away from the Blitz. The factory is now a housing estate but some of the slip ways they used to launch the flying baots into the river are still there. No idea what a Winnebago is though...
 
crusadersports said:
Shorts were originally from Sheppey and then Rochester in Kent. They were aeronautical pioneers and first flew I think in 1912. Near where I live they had a factory which during the war made flying boats like the Shorts Sunderland, etc. They moved to Belfast to get away from the Blitz. The factory is now a housing estate but some of the slip ways they used to launch the flying baots into the river are still there. No idea what a Winnebago is though...
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Shorts 360 turboprop 50 passenger regional used by USAirways well into the 90's. Squarish fuselage resembled a motorhome (Winnebago, the most prolific square box motorhomes)
 
correction, 36 passenger. SD3-30 30 pax, SD3-60 36 pax

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more here
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and here
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http://s1029.photobucket.com/user/brent ... ash%20Pics
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The photobucket folder they were in was an import from my PC. Photobucket automatically locks them, I didn't know that.
 

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