Hooligan2 wrote:
I am pretty sure I first saw "brrrt" (the number of Rs undoubtedly a few more than I've typed!) in a magazine article as far back as the 1980s or 1990s - it is such an apt description! I'd point the finger of blame at Stephan Wilkinson writing for Pilot as he was ever the author of a memorable turn of phrase, but it honestly could have been anyone in an entirely different journal!
Always appreciative of comments like this. After all, you don't know what you don't know.
Anyway, it's not surprising the "word" has a long history given that just about any rotary cannon makes the same noise.
Bathroom WarningCheekily-worded signs posted above a urinal or toilet instructing pilots to stand close to said lavatory fixture are nothing new to me, but I guess I had always assumed it was a recent trend. Apparently not so according to a
post in r/aviation I coincidentally came across only a day or two after my last post above. The picture shows one such sign at a "local flying club" at Kamloops Airport that reads:
Quote:
WILL THE PILOTS WITH SHORT
PROPS & LOW MANIFOLD
PRESSURE PLEASE TAXI
CLOSER TO THE UNLOADING
RAMP AS THE NEXT PILOT
MAY NOT BE ON FLOATS...
'the Girls'
What makes it interesting however is that the handwritten font, style of picture frame and water stains on the paper indicate that it has been in place for an indeterminate, yet long period of time. I would not be surprised if it dates to the 1960s or 70s.
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