Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 (Tek) 9/26/83; site orca.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!tektronix!orca!markb From: markb@orca.UUCP Newsgroups: net.aviation Subject: Re: No joy? (bingo) Message-ID: <1102@orca.UUCP> Date: Thu, 11-Oct-84 20:49:27 EDT Article-I.D.: orca.1102 Posted: Thu Oct 11 20:49:27 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 13-Oct-84 03:13:25 EDT Sender: markb@orca.UUCP Organization: Tektronix, Wilsonville OR Lines: 31 In reply to Tom Gulvin's question about the meaning of "below bingo"... Bingo, with respect to military avaition, does not refer to the popular VFW or church game. Bingo is the state determined by the amount of fuel remaining, aircraft altitude and distance to the nearest usable runway which insures a safe landing with an extremely small safety margin. A term which goes along with this is "bingo profile". Military tactical aircraft have recommended high performance climb, endurance power settings, and descent profiles based on aircraft drag, fuel left, head/tail wind and range to the bingo field. At bingo you fly the bingo profile to make it to the bingo field. (I love redundancy!) Below bingo is a state no pilot wants to be in (experience speaking). It's a terrible feeling being on your Nth + 1 pass of the carrier deck (having missed the wire N times - or bolter), no bingo field (i.e., 1000+ miles out to sea), a pitching deck, and no moon out. It's moments like this where the next thing you ask the ship for is "tanker posit!" Mark T. Bell (ex USN NFO - A6E B/N) UUCP: ...!tektronix!orca!markb CSNET: orca!markb@tektronix ARPA: orca!markb.tektronix@rand-relay USMail: M/S 61-183 Tektronix, Inc. P.O. Box 1000 Wilsonville, OR 97070