On Fri, 27 Feb 2009 23:42:42 -0600, "Swingman" wrote:

"MikeWhy" wrote

I grew up in Chicago. It wasn't until primary flight training in Seattle
that I came to understand the difference can become rather significant and
of more than academic interest.

Know the feeling ... in my case, calling in artillery fire, in earnest, was
indeed of more than academic interest.

....bunch of black-hat pilot types were lounging next to a 155 battery
once...we were ready when the guy yelled "fire" the first time...and
the second soon after...but, brother, when they went into "fire for
effect"...heh...*that* was bitchin'! 'Course, if you were calling it
in you got to see the results...or be a part of them!

cg