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103register but, as an afterthought, said, %u201cBut I am a Royal Air Force pilot.%u201dAnother pause, followed by, %u201cYou are a military RAF pilot....what is your rank?%u201d RAF ranks are not generally understood by most air forces, so I gave him my army equivalent rank, %u201cI%u2019m a Major General.%u201d Long, long pause..........%u201d You have good day Sir!%u201d CLICK.The beer tasted good, as we debriefed the day later in the hotel. Still Tuesday, and only one more leg to Warsaw ..........but that is another story!1 AEF: Air Experience Flight.2 BBMF: Battle of Britain Memorial Flight.3 Gustav: Messerschmitt Bf109G.4 Sion: An airport in Switzerland%u2019s Rhone Valley.5 CinC: Commander in Chief.6 RNZAF: Royal New Zealand Air Force.7 Slats: Aerodynamic section of the wings%u2019 leading edge that, when deployed, allow flight at slower speeds than otherwise would be possible.8 Oleos: Oleo struts are shock absorbers used on the landing gear of most aircraft to cushion the impact of landing.9 QNH: A pressure setting that causes the altimeter to read altitude above mean sea level.10 Localiser: Component of an instrument landing system (ILS) that guides an aircraft onto the runway centre-line.11 ADIZ: Air Defence Identification Zone.