Etymology. Tally-ho dates from around 1772, and is probably derived from the French taïaut, a cry used to excite hounds when hunting deer. Taïaut may have originated in the second half of the 13th century by the concatenation of a two-word war-cry: taille haut.
A radio call made to indicate the caller visually sights the enemy. Sometimes shortened to simply “Tally.” © 2023 BVR Productions. All Rights Reserved.
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Wingman (or other friendly) in sight (as opposed to “tally,” which means enemy in sight).
It's a term from fox-hunting, a call to let the rest of the party know when someone had their quarry (the fox) in sight. “Tally-ho” (or just 'tally') is still used in dogfighting to indicate you have an opponent in sight.
A suspended operation requires the military aircraft to hold until the civilian aircraft is clear of the area. In the event an exercise is terminated, also referred to as a “knock-it-off,” military pilots turn on their external lighting and discontinue the exercise.
Pickle. Slang reference by pilots to the release of ordnance (bombs and canisters) over a target, one at a time in close sequence, on one pass. Such a release allowed the ordnance to cover a larger linear area.
A flying ace, fighter ace or air ace is a military aviator credited with shooting down five or more enemy aircraft during aerial combat.
The Navajo Code Was Never Broken
Despite the thousands of messages that Code Talkers sent during WWII, their code was never broken by the Japanese or the Germans, who were very good at decryption.
Navajo Code Talkers also grew, from 29 in 1942 to over 400 by the end of WWII in 1945. Navajo Code was only used in the Pacific War. Japanese tried to break the code, but were unsuccessful. USMC tell us that Navajo Code was the only military code, in modern history, never broken by an enemy.
Etymology. Tally-ho dates from around 1772, and is probably derived from the French taïaut, a cry used to excite hounds when hunting deer. Taïaut may have originated in the second half of the 13th century by the concatenation of a two-word war-cry: taille haut.
Aviators often speak “pilot English” to avoid miscommunications over radio transmission. “Tree” for instance, means three, “fife” is the number five and “niner” means nine, says Tom Zecha, a manager at AOPA. The variations stemmed from a desire to avoid confusion between similar-sounding numbers, he says.
Bogey, according to Eric Partridge's slang dictionary, is Royal Air Force usage from early in World War II meaning ''an aircraft suspected to be hostile. '' American aviators picked it up from the R.A.F. veterans; in 1945, Newsweek used the term to mean ''in radar code, an unidentified enemy aircraft.
The most well know of these is the code 7700. This is used to indicate an emergency of any kind. A pilot will enter this when in an emergency situation - either instructed by ATC after declaring an emergency or without communication if there is no time.
Playmates - The pilots of other aircraft on the same mission as you.
No Joy: opposite of Tally; no visual contact with opposing aircrew.
(idiomatic) A negative outcome; no success; a failure.
Code Talkers served in the Pacific Theater from 1942 to 1945: thirteen died in battle and five are buried in VA national cemeteries.
Enigma, device used by the German military command to encode strategic messages before and during World War II. The Enigma code was first broken by the Poles, under the leadership of mathematician Marian Rejewski, in the early 1930s.
Why wasn't the code ever broken? The Navajo language has no definite rules and a tone that is guttural. The language was unwritten at the time, notes Carl Gorman, one of the 29 original Navajo code talkers. "You had to base it solely on the sounds you were hearing," he says.
German code breaking in World War II achieved some notable successes cracking British naval ciphers until well into the fourth year of the war, using the extensive German radio intelligence operations during World War II.
Hundreds of Navajos were recruited from the vast Navajo Nation to serve as Code Talkers with the U.S. Marine Corps. Only three are still alive today: Peter MacDonald, John Kinsel Sr. and Thomas H. Begay.
After the war, however, Japan's own chief of intelligence admitted there was one code they were never able to break—the Navajo code used by the Marine Corps.
If distress, MAYDAY, MAYDAY, MAY-DAY; if urgency, PAN-PAN, PAN-PAN, PAN-PAN.
1. Erich “Bubi” Hartmann. Erich Hartmann is the most successful fighter pilot of all times – with 352 kills. A number that will never be surpassed.