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Script on LN Eagle 91-0332
Posted: Wed Nov 15, 2017 9:51 am
by slogen51
Just a bit of trivia really but since 91-0332 has returned from deployment recently some extra letters have appeared on the fins :-
on the Left/starboard fin the letters "AEW" and "EMXS" on the port tail:-
91-0332 Raider 22 EMXS Lakenheath 14-11-17 by
Mike B, on Flickr
wondering what the meanings are?
Re: Script on LN Eagle 91-0332
Posted: Wed Nov 15, 2017 9:55 am
by plmc135
Shame the photo show EMXS Mike
Apparently it stands for Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron and AEW usually stands for Airborne Early Warning.
Re: Script on LN Eagle 91-0332
Posted: Wed Nov 15, 2017 9:55 am
by POL
AEW = Air Expeditionary Wing
EMXS = Expititionary Maintenance Squadron
Re: Script on LN Eagle 91-0332
Posted: Wed Nov 15, 2017 11:36 am
by Seahornet1
slogen51 wrote: ...on the Left/starboard fin the letters "AEW" and "EXMS" on the port tail...
Port is left (both four letters) and starboard is right (both longer than four letters)...
Re: Script on LN Eagle 91-0332
Posted: Wed Nov 15, 2017 11:38 am
by Seahornet1
EGVP wrote:
...EMXS = Expititionary Maintenance Squadron
Wonder why the X is after the M, then...?
Re: Script on LN Eagle 91-0332
Posted: Wed Nov 15, 2017 11:39 am
by POL
MX = maintenance
Bit like WX is weather
Re: Script on LN Eagle 91-0332
Posted: Wed Nov 15, 2017 11:44 am
by Seahornet1
EGVP wrote:MX = maintenance
Bit like WX is weather
... and TX is transmitter, and RX is receiver, etc...
I should have thought of that, thanks!!
Re: Script on LN Eagle 91-0332
Posted: Wed Nov 15, 2017 11:51 am
by big john
Extreme pedantism, only Naval aviators use left and right on aircraft. so as to avoid confusion when working with ships.
Re: Script on LN Eagle 91-0332
Posted: Wed Nov 15, 2017 2:16 pm
by slogen51
Seahornet1 wrote:slogen51 wrote: ...on the Left/starboard fin the letters "AEW" and "EXMS" on the port tail...
Port is left (both four letters) and starboard is right (both longer than four letters)...
D'oh and I googled it to look clever! And that was before I went to the pub! KO
Re: Script on LN Eagle 91-0332
Posted: Wed Nov 15, 2017 2:25 pm
by slogen51
EGVP wrote:AEW = Air Expeditionary Wing
EMXS = Expititionary Maintenance Squadron
Cheers
Re: Script on LN Eagle 91-0332
Posted: Wed Nov 15, 2017 4:12 pm
by paddyboy
Well caught Mike
That's 4 things I have learned from this post
What those two sets of letters mean, and (finally) what sides Port and Starboard are to a landlubber like me
Cheers
Paddyboy
Re: Script on LN Eagle 91-0332
Posted: Wed Nov 15, 2017 4:13 pm
by stickshaker
big john wrote:Extreme pedantism, only Naval aviators use left and right on aircraft. so as to avoid confusion when working with ships.
Actually, we went away from port and starboard in the RAF a long time ago - a bit tricky at the time changing ingrained habits but it did bring us into line with most of the rest of the world.
Re: Script on LN Eagle 91-0332
Posted: Thu Nov 16, 2017 10:07 am
by Tiga1050
slogen51 wrote:Seahornet1 wrote:slogen51 wrote: ...on the Left/starboard fin the letters "AEW" and "EXMS" on the port tail...
Port is left (both four letters) and starboard is right (both longer than four letters)...
D'oh and I googled it to look clever! And that was before I went to the pub! KO
Regardless of who uses which method, port = left and starboard = right. The picture at the start of this thread featured a view of the right / starboard fin.