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From: markb@orca.UUCP
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Subject: Re: No joy? (bingo)
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Date: Thu, 11-Oct-84 20:49:27 EDT
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Posted: Thu Oct 11 20:49:27 1984
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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)
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