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Two Turnin’ and Two Burnin’
Refers to a P2V7 in order to capture the flavor of having two Wright R-3350s (turnin’) and two Westinghouse J34 pure jets (burnin’) on takeoff. Jets were later put into standby for a rainy day.
The entire complement of aircraft fielded by the carrier in battle: fighters, attack jets, earlywarning planes, tankers, helicopters, antisubmarine patrol craft, etc.
Smarts, brains
Electronic, computercontrolled operation of aircraft control surfaces. Supplants mechanical/hydraulic actuation common in earlier jets. The F-16 Falcon, F/A-18 Hornet, and the French Mirage 2000 use these systems.
Basically, it means to cool off when someone gets angry. Another popular saying that means the same thing: "Cool your jets."
  A stream of water that sprays the surface of the pool. It helps a diver distinguish the top of the water from the bottom of the pool.
The noseup landing posture normal for most land-based aircraft. Carrier jets eliminate flare in favor of a slamming contact with the deck. Also the terminal portion of a helicopter autorotation in which rotor speed can be accelerated while reducing rate-of-descent and forward groundspeed.
Stores or equipment deliberately thrown over side to lighten ship. Debris ejected from a ship that sinks or washes ashore. Also see "Flotsam".
Literally departure from controlled flight, usually brought on in highperformance jets by excessive angle of attack coupled with partial power loss in one engine. All aircraft depart differently, but some anxious moments and some loss of altitude will result before control can be regained. Some jets, most notably the F-4 Phantom, are unrecoverable from certain departures.
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A boiling spring which throws forth at frequent intervals jets of water, mud, etc., driven up by the expansive power of steam.
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A perforated nozzle, as of a pipe, spout, etc., for delivering water in fine jets; a rosehead; also, a strainer at the foot of a pump.
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A part of a building that jets or projects beyond the rest, and overhangs the wall below.
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Goods which sink when cast into the sea, and remain under water; -- distinguished from flotsam, goods which float, and ligan, goods which are sunk attached to a buoy.
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To throw out anything, as little jets of steam, with a noise like that made by one sputtering.
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The process of passing cotton goods between two rollers and exposing them to numerous minute jets of gas to burn off the small fibers; any similar process of singeing.
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That which jets out or projects from anything.
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Alt. of Jetson
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of Jet d'eau
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Goods lost by shipwreck, and floating on the sea; -- in distinction from jetsam or jetson.
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Goods sunk in the sea, with a buoy attached in order that they may be found again. See Jetsam and Flotsam.
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See Jetsam, 1.
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Jettison. See Jettison, 1.
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