IrishrepublicanArmy's definitions

pilot

One of the members of the human race that has high intellengence, poor spelling and handwriting, pilots have good looks, and all the hot girls want them.

so HA!

Pilots Rock!

stop listening to rap!

by IrishRepublicanArmy November 22, 2003

basket case

one who is crazy, well i'll let the lyrics of the Green Day song say it for you.

Do you have the time
To listen to me whine
About nothin' and everything
All at once?

I am one of those
Melodramatic fools.
Neurotic to the bone,
No doubt about it.

Sometimes I give myself the creeps.
Sometimes my mind plays tricks on me.
It all keeps addin' up.
I think I'm crackin' up.
Am I just paranoid,
Or am I just stoned?

I went to a shrink
To analyze my dreams.
She said it's lack of sex
That's bringin' me down.

I went to a whore.
He said my life's a bore,
So quit my whining cuz
It's bringin' her down.

Sometimes I give myself the creeps.
Sometimes my mind plays tricks on me.
It all keeps addin' up.
I think I'm crackin' up.
Am I just paranoid?
Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Grasping to control.
So I better hold on.

Sometimes I give myself the creeps.
Sometimes my mind plays tricks on me.
It all keeps addin' up.
I think I'm crackin' up.
Am I just paranoid,
Or am I just stoned?

by IrishRepublicanArmy January 7, 2004

The Breakfast of Champions

Lucky Charms would be the breakfast of champions..

stop fighting republican nazi and angry tim!

by IrishRepublicanArmy May 27, 2004

Future Hobos of America

An organization formed at Fairfax High School. The Future Hobos of America (FHA) really doesn't do anything, except form more FHA groups at other schools and sit around doing nothing.

Many of the members of the FHA are republicans

by IrishRepublicanArmy February 11, 2004

ELT

Emergency Locator Transmitter. The ELT is a small radio transmitter that is installed in an aircraft and is designed to being transmitting upon impact (the crash) or it can be manually switched on. The ELT transmits a distincive signal on the international emergency frequencies of 121.5 MHz (VHF) and 243.0 MHz (UHF). This signal is picked up by ground stations, search and resuce aircraft (see Civil Air Patrol and Coast Guard, and satelites. Direction-finding equipment is then used to "home-in" on the signal and locate the downed aircraft.

Click on the recording above to listen to the sound of real ELT radio signal.

by IrishRepublicanArmy January 18, 2004

LORAN

Long Range Aid to Navigation.

ghetto navigation type now that we have GPS

my airplane still has a LORAN-C receiver.

by IrishRepublicanArmy January 1, 2004

ADF

Automatic Direction Finder
or
Automatic Direction Finding System

a navagation system used by aircraft and sea-going ships. It consists of one or more ground stations that transmit a signal in the 225 to 500 kHz (.225 to .500 MHz) range. Because of the low-frequnecy of these signals, their range is very good and not limited by the line-of-sight range of the VOR system. The recevier in the airplane/boat uses a loop antenna to "home-in" on the station. There is also a long-wire receiving antenna installed on many aircraft. Most ADF receivers can also recieve the AM broadcast band (530 to 1710 kHz) so pilots can also home in on powerful broadcast stations.

ADF signals should not be used in thunderstorms because the high amount of electro-magnetic interferance that lightening causes.

Many pilots can't even use the ADF system, which is a shame, becuase of better systems such as VOR and the GPS systems.

"In most of the third world, the ADF navigation system is the only way to go"

by IrishRepublicanArmy October 21, 2003