Thunderbirds

1. 1960s Supermarionation Television show created by Gerry Anderson about the exploits of a secret organization dedicated to saving people who are in trouble with cool looking machinery.

2. The United States Air Force's precision aerobatic demonstration team founded in 1953.

1. Did you see that episode of Thunderbirds where Internatioal rescue has to use these elevator car to land an airliner with a bomb on the landing gear?

2. We saw the Thunderbirds at the air show last week.

by JonathanChance June 29, 2003

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Wooden Wonder

Nickname given to the deHavilland Mosquito, a British Fighter-Bomber used during World War Two. This aircraft was known for its lightweight all-wood construction, its speed and its ability to take damage.

"Oi, The Wooden Wonder t'wernt a better attack plane in the King's Air force and dat's a fact."

by JonathanChance September 30, 2003

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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 06, 2003

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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

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