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Airport Police Investigate Possible Bomb Threat On Plane At LAX
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — Authorities Tuesday investigated the circumstances surrounding a possible threat that has been made on a plane at Los Angeles International Airport. According to airport police, American Eagle flight 5931 safely landed on the tarmac around 8:30 a.m. and was moved to a remote area of the airport. City News Service clarified that while American Eagle branding can be seen on the side of the aircraft, it is actually a Compass Airlines jetliner, which is a sub-carrier of the… (losangeles.cbslocal.com) Altro...
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Hate to burst your bubble but, we use the term tarmac daily to describe paved surfaces essp in the aviation environment.
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/tarmac
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/tarmac
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I have to concur with Timothy here. Tarmac has become a genericized term for the ramp or apron areas of an airport. Mr. Hartmann, do you always buy Band Aid brand, or do you sometimes purchase self adhesive bandages? How about Kleenex? Jell-o? Aspirin?
Here in Atlanta, a "Coke" is used to refer to any carbonated soft drink, including, ironically, Pepsi products.
Tarmac is an accepted term, although less frequently used than other, more descriptive terms. (Preferring runway, taxiway, or ramp/apron in most contexts.)
Finally, when I looked at the article just a moment ago, the word "tarmac" was not used.
When you fall off that high horse of yours, I do hope you're wearing fall protection, else you might break a limb.
Here in Atlanta, a "Coke" is used to refer to any carbonated soft drink, including, ironically, Pepsi products.
Tarmac is an accepted term, although less frequently used than other, more descriptive terms. (Preferring runway, taxiway, or ramp/apron in most contexts.)
Finally, when I looked at the article just a moment ago, the word "tarmac" was not used.
When you fall off that high horse of yours, I do hope you're wearing fall protection, else you might break a limb.
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Will do. I'm headed to OSH in two months. See you there?
Then again, if I ask at OSH, I'll get laughed at because there's so little paved surface parking. Or berated for taking up too much radio time.
Then again, if I ask at OSH, I'll get laughed at because there's so little paved surface parking. Or berated for taking up too much radio time.
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Alas, I disagree with you there. Those on the other side of the radio are likely to think of you as an old timer, much as those who refer to "Oshkosh" and not "AirVenture" are old-timers. I doubt white coats and nets are waiting.
Notwithstanding the semantics of tarmac, apron, ramp, or FBO, none of this has any relevance to the threat made against the flight in question.
Notwithstanding the semantics of tarmac, apron, ramp, or FBO, none of this has any relevance to the threat made against the flight in question.
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(for you fliers out there....there is no "tarmac" in the United States. "Tarmac" is a technical term for a type of paving. The term "tarmac" is owned and licensed by some European company, that does not do business in the United States. My suspicion is..some damn fool "flier" ( meaning someone whose connection to aviation is that they RIDE IN BACK of someone ELSE'S airplane..) .saw the word Tarmac on a construction vehicle in Viet Nam...liked the sound of it....first use of the term I can find, historically is....."General Westmoreland strode purposely across the tarmac"....