Plane Language: The Alternative Dictionary of Aviation

Plane Language is an Aviation book like no other. Part One explores the whole language and culture of aviation, from the origin of the very word Aeroplane itself (and why Americans prefer Airplane) through such terms as Blimp and Canard, Archie and Bucket of Sunshine. In over a thousand separate entries, Part Two records and examines aviation nicknames and colloquial terms, changed names, and the names of rare and lesser-known variants. What famous jet was a Cheesefighter? What American air...