wmartin@brl-tgr.ARPA (Will Martin ) (10/11/84)
Regarding the meaning of "Bingo" in the phrase "Below Bingo", indicating low-on-fuel: Is there not a low-fuel warning system that includes an audible warning alarm, which might be implemented as a bell or tone? If this is (or was, at one time) a bell, which could be characterized as "going 'bing'", than "below bing-o" would mean that the alarm has sounded and you need fuel NOW! (Seems reasonable, but reason has little to do with such jargon...) (And now, I suppose the audible alarm is one of those recorded or synthesized voices which calmly announce "Fuel low" in a sexy female voice...)
gmm@bunker.UUCP (Gregory M. Mandas) (10/12/84)
In the last issue of flying magazine they did a review on the f-18. After 1.25 hours a computer voice come over the intercom and said, "bingo", to indicate a low fuel condition. The reviewer said the fuel lines must have been fire hoses. The 2,200 gallons of fuel lasted 1.25 hours with intermitent use of the afterburners. On full afterburners the fuel would have been gone in 15 minutes. Greg Mandas ittvax!bunker!gmm