JonathanChance's definitions

hun

Nickname given to the North American F-100 Super Sabre, the first American combat aircraft to break the sound barrier in level flight.

by JonathanChance September 29, 2003

trivia

General name given to the annual trivia run by the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point's campus radio station. Every spring, hundreds of teams take part in this contest, which is the largest of its kind anywhere in the world.

I can't wait for Trivia. I wonder what this year's theme is going to be?

by JonathanChance October 1, 2003

chickenhawk

Nickname given by the Austrailian navy to the A-4F Skyhawk.

by JonathanChance September 29, 2003

LRC

Acronym for "Learning Resource Center". A fancy-pants way of saying "library".

You should be able to find all the research materials you need in the LRC.

by JonathanChance October 5, 2003

LEO

NASA acronym for Low Earth Orbit.

The sattelite was boosted into LEO.

by JonathanChance June 28, 2003

Humpty Dump

Nickname Given to the Metrodome, the major sports venue in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

We're the Minnesota Vikings and we're just a pile of junk, we play in a dome they call the Humpty-Dump.

by JonathanChance October 1, 2003

Flying Sardine

Nickname given to the de Havilland Chipmunk, an British military training aircraft used from 1946 to 1996.

Most of us Tornado Jocks cut our teeth in Flying Sardines.

by JonathanChance September 30, 2003