ACRONYMS, the verb form...
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STOVAL (not VSTOL) pilots apparnetly "vif".
"Vifing" is the act of Vectoring in Flight.
Do we have any more examples of acronyms assuming all the attributes of proper words?
Harder still, perhaps, to find examples of Initialisms that have manged it I would think.
"Vifing" is the act of Vectoring in Flight.
Do we have any more examples of acronyms assuming all the attributes of proper words?
Harder still, perhaps, to find examples of Initialisms that have manged it I would think.





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And there's FTP and DSP used as verbs.
Since RSVP effectively means "please reply", it's sort of a verb to begin with.
There are also acronyms used as adverbs as well: ASAP, PDQ, which is OK, since they are adverbial phrases.
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So OK, I made a mistake and am trying to bluff my way out.
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Wouldn't STOVAL and STOVL be somewhat different? I read STOVAL as "Short Take Off Vertical and Landing" (verifies that it can land, but not nessesarily "short", wheras STOVL would be "Short Take Off Vertical Landing".
Don't mind me; sometimes, I just have to take a phrase literally.
jlg
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I'm not sure I'd want to be in an aircraft that requires Short Take Off, but does a Vertical Landing. Ouch.
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CC is right; full load the Harrier cannot take off vertically. Enter the ski jump ramp on the flight deck and you can up the payload still further.
JMW
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Cheers
Greg Locock
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(Subtle) cultural differences {even at this board} can create outstanding confusion. To me, PMing applied to equipment is ‘preventive maintenance’ing.
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HALO is High altitude, low opening; reference to parachuting. During the Falklands war the replacement for Colonel "H" of the British Parachute regiment was deployed to his unit from England by HALO.
Incidently, i am curious as to whether this constitutes a record for the longest military deployment by parachute. I assume he was staged down to the Falklands i.e. not one long flight, and since it was a replacement and not an airborne assault, I would guess not, that honour must still be with the 509th PIB for the North African campaign in WWII.
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I'm sure that you're all aware that DC DNFd at Bahrain 3 weeks ago.