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Monday, June 22. 2009

QQQ: Good advice

When in danger or in doubt, run in circles, scream and shout.


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Posted by Bird Dog in Quotidian Quotable Quote (QQQ) at 10:47 | Comments (5) | Trackbacks (0)

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When in danger or in doubt, run in circles, scream,shout and whip it out.
#1 RL on 2009-06-22 11:12 (Reply)
Advice for aviators!
#2 jdgjtr on 2009-06-22 11:57 (Reply)
I first heard this phrase from the autobiography of Daniel Gallery (Eight Bells and All's Well, published about 1964?). Admiral Gallery was an early naval aviator and I've usually heard this phrase as having originated early in aviation history. The "scream and shout" is probably a reference to using the radio to get help and allow the ground crews to get a radio fix on your location.
#3 Geoff on 2009-06-22 12:13 (Reply)
I first heard a variant of this in the Australian
Army. "When in doubt, scream and shout and run about". It was seriously meant to promote "shoot and scoot", rather than instinctively going to ground when ambushed (usually a bad idea).
#4 Jef on 2009-06-22 23:54 (Reply)
When a naval aviator is lost, he (or she, now) is supposed to fly a triangular pattern and squawk. If his radio is broken, he flies it in the opposite direction. Hopefully there is a scope dope out there who will vector someone to bring him back to the Great Big Bomb Magnet.
#5 jdgjtr on 2009-06-23 01:41 (Reply)

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