WEAVING

In the airman's lingo there is a slang word (now a term) for a plane in the rear protecting the tail of the forward aircraft by zigzagging on the course ('weaving'). This plane is called a 'weaver'.

After some training exercise as a weaver the ser-geant was asked by his commander: "Where did you learn to weave so well, O'Brien?"

"When a boy I used to follow my old man returning home on Saturday nights from bars."


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