Isn't "wheels up" airplane talk for in the air? Like as in a B-2 stealth bomber, which seems to be one of today's themes?
> Isn’t “wheels up” airplane talk for in the air? Like as in a B-2 stealth bomber, which seems to be one of today’s themes?
Yes, BiggBob summed it up well.
https://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3763045/posts?page=432#432
-SB
...is also known as a USSS code for the hand off...
...AF1 now has POTUS...
...not sure if it applies here though...
:: Isn’t “wheels up” airplane talk for in the air? ::
Another angle:
My nephew [blue-piller: 8-(] is a pilot. In the civil industry, “wheels up” starts the clock on flight time. I think it is a union thing for pilot flight hours.