Originally Posted by brownhat

Not to be confused with hanger.
A hangar is an enclosed structure to hold aircraft in protective storage. Most hangars are built of metal, but wood and concrete are other materials used. The word hangar comes from a northern French dialect, and means "cattle pen."

Well,we know origin of 'Hangar' now

:o :(
If this is indeed true then especially today of all days I feel I must wash my mouth out with bleach as a pennance for every time I uttered the words "Reverse it back in the Hang*r" and I feel soiled that I ever entered a stinking Fr*nch Hang*r-- I am trully devastated and may sue for the trauma

Originally Posted by three3alpha

Originally Posted by brownhat

Not to be confused with hanger.
A hangar is an enclosed structure to hold aircraft in protective storage. Most hangars are built of metal, but wood and concrete are other materials used. The word hangar comes from a northern French dialect, and means "cattle pen."

Well,we know origin of 'Hangar' now

:o :(
If this is indeed true then especially today of all days I feel I must wash my mouth out with bleach as a pennance for every time I uttered the words "Reverse it back in the Hang*r" and I feel soiled that I ever entered a stinking Fr*nch Hang*r-- I am trully devastated and may sue for the trauma

But in the highly unlikely occurence of reversing through back of hangar,not that it ever happened of course,well,this info might help dull the pain.

Thought this was a thread about Bridgend

From midnight@wiki.tw@ts

Tankpark-where young soldiers play on great big bits of moveable metel and practice the `tankpark shuffle´ie beret on back of head,hands in pockets with both toe and heel of the boot connecting with the ground,(not to be confused with marching).Perfection comes with having two sets of keys which suddenly appear when the RSM tells you gently to ´Get yer `F***** Hands out of yer F****** Pockets!!´

CNUT!!

Originally Posted by midnight

From midnight@wiki.tw@ts

Tankpark-where young soldiers play on great big bits of moveable metel and practice the `tankpark shuffle´ie beret on back of head,hands in pockets with both toe and heel of the boot connecting with the ground,(not to be confused with marching).Perfection comes with having two sets of keys which suddenly appear when the RSM tells you gently to ´Get yer `F***** Hands out of yer F****** Pockets!!´

CNUT!!

So why did we call exercise's Scheme's

Are they not normally referred-to as 'sheds'?

Or is that word used to refer to those vehicles held within?

Originally Posted by Vent_Tube_Tester

So why did we call exercise's Scheme's

It comes from the Latin word schema, which translates into 'Fcuking about on Tanks'!!!

Always assumed it was taken from the phrase Scheme of Maneuver?

I thought scheme was a Scottish thing.

What about "Tank park" then Eh? where did that come from ??