JonathanChance's definitions

LEO

NASA acronym for Low Earth Orbit.

The sattelite was boosted into LEO.

by JonathanChance June 28, 2003

Tinker Toy

Nickname given to the Temco TT-1 Pinto, A jet-powered training aircraft that served the U.S. Navy and Air Force for a very short time during the 1950s. Modified versions of this aircraft with a larger engine and expanded fuel capacity in civilian hands, however are prized possesions and considered the ultimate aerial sports car.

by JonathanChance September 30, 2003

Stang

A common way to refer to a North American P/F-51 Mustang, A Fighter/Attack Aricraft that saw action in both WWII and Korea.

Man, we went to EAA this year. You should have seen all of the stangs there!

by JonathanChance September 30, 2003

sproggenwagon

Any motor vehicle used by Parents to haul their bratty little shits in. Once applied to station wagons, but now exclusivley refers to minivans and SUVs.

That bitch in the sproggenwagon cut me off again!

by JonathanChance September 6, 2003

caker

A slacker. One who slacks off when they are supposed to be doing stuff.

You cakers out there in Richland better listen up, man cause your tortilla's going to be flipped!

by JonathanChance June 23, 2004

FAC

Military acronym for Forward Air Controller. A forwar Air Controller flies over enemy targets in a light aircraft, usually propellor-driven, and marks the targets that the strike aircraft and at times ground artillery need to attack. With the advent of recent advances in sattelite reconnasaince and UAV technology, the Forward Air Controller has become a thing of the past

by JonathanChance September 30, 2003

bogey

An aeriral radar contact that has not yet been confirmed as hostile.

All right checkerboard squadron, Watch those Bogeys, if they try to engage, take 'em out.

by JonathanChance October 6, 2003