Ramp checked at AVP today

On Sat, 10 Apr 2004 15:37:05 -0400, Cub Driver
wrote:

I wonder how many DEA guys know that the pilot's
side in a J-3 is the port side?

Argh! STARBOARD. (At least he enters and exits on the right.)


all the best -- Dan Ford
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"Cub Driver" wrote in message
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On Sat, 10 Apr 2004 15:37:05 -0400, Cub Driver
wrote:

I wonder how many DEA guys know that the pilot's
side in a J-3 is the port side?

Argh! STARBOARD. (At least he enters and exits on the right.)


all the best -- Dan Ford
email: (put Cubdriver in subject line)

The Warbird's Forum www.warbirdforum.com
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Viva Bush! blog www.vivabush.org

A simple line my instuctor told me made this easy to remember,

"Port wine is RED and you always pour from the LEFT"

Marty

Marty wrote:

A simple line my instuctor told me made this easy to remember,

"Port wine is RED and you always pour from the LEFT"

Many years ago at summer camp while learning to sail, I learned "PORT
and LEFT have four letters."


--
Peter

"Peter R." wrote in message
...
Marty wrote:

A simple line my instuctor told me made this easy to remember,

"Port wine is RED and you always pour from the LEFT"

Many years ago at summer camp while learning to sail, I learned "PORT
and LEFT have four letters."


Port Out Starboard Home. This referred to the best cabins on the ships to
India from England. The POSH cabins were the cooler ones and attracted a
premium fare.

This lead to the introduction of the word POSH for anything uppercrustish or
better than the norm.