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From: scw@cepu.UUCP (Stephen C. Woods)
Newsgroups: net.columbia,net.aviation
Subject: Re: No joy?
Message-ID: <370@cepu.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 10-Oct-84 18:43:01 EDT
Article-I.D.: cepu.370
Posted: Wed Oct 10 18:43:01 1984
Date-Received: Sat, 13-Oct-84 01:25:22 EDT
References: <586@ihlts.UUCP> <177@resonex.UUCP>
Reply-To: scw@cepu.UUCP (Stephen C. Woods)
Organization: VA Wadsworth Med. Center; LA CA
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Summary: 

In article <177@resonex.UUCP> tggsu@resonex.UUCP (Tom Gulvin Root) writes:
>Let's see... I think that 'No Joy' means that no target was aquired during a
>search operation by a fighter pilot (scenario: Ground controller:
>'target .5 km ahead, angels 45'. Pilot: 'No joy').
>
>Others that I've read about:
>	'Tally Ho!' - In general, used to mark fighter responsibilities
>		among wingmen and to acknowledge an attack order. 
>		I recall that some fighter competitions were called
>		'tally ho' in the '60s or '70s.

Also to indicate to the ground controller or other A/C that a target has been
spotted. (The inverse of 'no joy').

>	'Below bingo' - condition of a thirsty fighter prior to air
>		refueling. (does anyone know what 'bingo' means?).

Yes, a light comes on indicating that there is less that n (for some small n)
min of fuel remaining.

>
>Does anyone else here watch ABC's "Call to Glory" TV show? They really seem
>to be making an effort at a quality series about life in the USAF test
>area in the '60s. Even thoug[...]ries that includes a husband/wife
>relationship with children and daily problems and career struggles and
>neighbors and plausible plot lines and...

I got turned off on this show by the add during the Olympics. Guess I'll have
to take a shot at it.

Another term that I just remembered is 'Winchester', used by ground attack
aircraft to indicate that they have expended all of their ordanace.

Musk-ox 8 (FAC):	Roger Boxcar 1, that really cleaned their clocks. I
			got another target for ya.

Boxcar 1 (F4D):		Sorry Muskox, Boxcar 1&2 are RTB, Winchester.

Mx 8:			OK Boxcar 1, thanks for the show.  Boxcar 3, Muskox 8,
			over.
BC 3 (Leader of next flight):
			Roger Muskox, We're at FL 300, be down in 3, 2 F4s,
			wall to wall snakes, send your target, over.

Snakes are Snake-Eyes a general purpose 250 Lb bomb with high drag fins added
to aid in low altitude delivery (sorta keeps the plane from getting blown up
by its own bomb).
-- 
Stephen C. Woods (VA Wadsworth Med Ctr./UCLA Dept. of Neurology)
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