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Flair vs flare
Please understand that I am a geezer, and getting crotchety in my old age.
I have Summit Aviation's CD-ROM that includes just about every piece of paper issued by the FAA...regulations, AIM, PTS, ACs, etc etc etc. I have searched this resource for two words: flair and flair. My Webster's Ninth had already told me that "flair" meant "a skill or ability to appreciate or make good use of something," as in "a flair for the dramatic," or "a uniquely attractive quality," as in "fashionable dresses with a flair all their own." I got nine hits from the search engine; the Glider Pilot's Handbook uses both spellings in succeeding paragraphs, believe it or not. The Sport Pilot PTS for powered parachutes also uses flair. The rest of the hits were in reports of incidents or maintenance written by pilots or mechanics where mis-spellings can be kind of forgiving. I got 427 hits on "flare," including Parts 61, 91, and 121. Some of the hits were in the context of flare pots to outline landing surfaces or flaring the end of a tube such as a fuel line, but most dealt with the process of landing. To make my reclining years more comfortable, please stop using the word "flair" when discussing landings. Thanks. Bob Gardner |
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Bob Gardner wrote: I have searched this resource for two words: flair and flair. Hey! You did it too. please stop using the word "flair" when discussing landings. How about this: So if one is good at smooth landings, then that person has a flair for the flare? :-) I do enjoy your books, though, and have recommended them to many people. (BTW, did you search through them, just in case?) Peter |
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It's hot in Seattle today, and my brain is not used to it.
Bob wrote in message oups.com... Bob Gardner wrote: I have searched this resource for two words: flair and flair. Hey! You did it too. please stop using the word "flair" when discussing landings. How about this: So if one is good at smooth landings, then that person has a flair for the flare? :-) I do enjoy your books, though, and have recommended them to many people. (BTW, did you search through them, just in case?) Peter |
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I get more upset about the misuse of the word prostrate when
they mean prostate. "Bob Gardner" wrote in message . .. | It's hot in Seattle today, and my brain is not used to it. | | Bob | | wrote in message | oups.com... | | Bob Gardner wrote: | I have | searched this resource for two words: flair and flair. | | Hey! You did it too. | | please stop using the word | "flair" when discussing landings. | | How about this: | So if one is good at smooth landings, then that person has a flair for | the flare? | | :-) | | I do enjoy your books, though, and have recommended them to many | people. (BTW, did you search through them, just in case?) | | Peter | | | |
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Or when they say "criminality" instead of "crime" .
Gus EGYC "Jim Macklin" wrote in message news:WBFng.49604$ZW3.40938@dukeread04... I get more upset about the misuse of the word prostrate when they mean prostate. "Bob Gardner" wrote in message . .. | It's hot in Seattle today, and my brain is not used to it. | | Bob | | wrote in message | oups.com... | | Bob Gardner wrote: | I have | searched this resource for two words: flair and flair. | | Hey! You did it too. | | please stop using the word | "flair" when discussing landings. | | How about this: | So if one is good at smooth landings, then that person has a flair for | the flare? | | :-) | | I do enjoy your books, though, and have recommended them to many | people. (BTW, did you search through them, just in case?) | | Peter | | | |
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The worst is "few" when actually "a few" is intended. Nothing turns the
meaning on its head more Ramapriya Jim Macklin wrote: I get more upset about the misuse of the word prostrate when they mean prostate. |
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On 3 Jul 2006 22:24:10 -0700, wrote:
The worst is "few" when actually "a few" is intended. Nothing turns the meaning on its head more I thought that was what the old horse said when asked if he'd like some oats. The horse replied, "A few." Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member) (N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair) www.rogerhalstead.com Ramapriya Jim Macklin wrote: I get more upset about the misuse of the word prostrate when they mean prostate. |
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"Bob Gardner" writes:
It's hot in Seattle today, and my brain is not used to it. You people don't know hot. It was 110+ here yesterday. |
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I grew up in the Chicago area and have lived on the Gulf Coast, in Norfolk,
Washington DC and Okinawa. I know what hot is, and I'm delighted to consider 90 in this area as headline-making. Bob Gardner "Everett M. Greene" wrote in message . .. "Bob Gardner" writes: It's hot in Seattle today, and my brain is not used to it. You people don't know hot. It was 110+ here yesterday. |
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