±Recent Visitors

Recent Visitors to Com-Central!

±User Info-big


Welcome Anonymous

Nickname
Password

Membership:
Latest: HighestAce
New Today: 0
New Yesterday: 0
Overall: 6648

People Online:
Members: 0
Visitors: 409
Total: 409
Who Is Where:
 Visitors:
01: Home
02: Community Forums
03: Home
04: Member Screenshots
05: Member Screenshots
06: Member Screenshots
07: Home
08: Home
09: Home
10: Member Screenshots
11: Community Forums
12: Member Screenshots
13: Community Forums
14: Community Forums
15: Member Screenshots
16: Member Screenshots
17: Community Forums
18: News Archive
19: Community Forums
20: Downloads
21: News Archive
22: Photo Gallery
23: Downloads
24: Member Screenshots
25: Community Forums
26: Community Forums
27: Downloads
28: Community Forums
29: Community Forums
30: Community Forums
31: News Archive
32: Home
33: Community Forums
34: Home
35: Community Forums
36: News Archive
37: Community Forums
38: Home
39: Home
40: Community Forums
41: Community Forums
42: Community Forums
43: Community Forums
44: Downloads
45: Member Screenshots
46: Community Forums
47: Community Forums
48: Downloads
49: Community Forums
50: Community Forums
51: Community Forums
52: Community Forums
53: Community Forums
54: Home
55: Photo Gallery
56: Community Forums
57: Photo Gallery
58: Downloads
59: Home
60: Member Screenshots
61: Home
62: Home
63: Community Forums
64: Community Forums
65: Home
66: Photo Gallery
67: Community Forums
68: Your Account
69: Member Screenshots
70: News
71: Community Forums
72: Home
73: Member Screenshots
74: Search
75: Home
76: Community Forums
77: Statistics
78: Community Forums
79: Home
80: Member Screenshots
81: Photo Gallery
82: Member Screenshots
83: Community Forums
84: Home
85: Community Forums
86: Member Screenshots
87: Community Forums
88: Community Forums
89: Home
90: News Archive
91: Community Forums
92: Home
93: Photo Gallery
94: Community Forums
95: Home
96: Community Forums
97: Home
98: Community Forums
99: Community Forums
100: Home
101: Community Forums
102: Photo Gallery
103: Statistics
104: Community Forums
105: Member Screenshots
106: Member Screenshots
107: Home
108: Photo Gallery
109: Community Forums
110: Community Forums
111: Home
112: Member Screenshots
113: Community Forums
114: Community Forums
115: Home
116: Community Forums
117: Home
118: Community Forums
119: Downloads
120: Community Forums
121: Community Forums
122: News Archive
123: Community Forums
124: Community Forums
125: Photo Gallery
126: Photo Gallery
127: News Archive
128: Community Forums
129: Member Screenshots
130: Community Forums
131: Supporters
132: Community Forums
133: Community Forums
134: Downloads
135: Statistics
136: Community Forums
137: Community Forums
138: Member Screenshots
139: Community Forums
140: Member Screenshots
141: Downloads
142: Home
143: Downloads
144: Community Forums
145: Member Screenshots
146: Home
147: Home
148: Member Screenshots
149: Home
150: Downloads
151: Community Forums
152: Community Forums
153: Community Forums
154: Home
155: News Archive
156: Member Screenshots
157: Community Forums
158: Community Forums
159: Community Forums
160: Downloads
161: Photo Gallery
162: Community Forums
163: Photo Gallery
164: Community Forums
165: Member Screenshots
166: Community Forums
167: Member Screenshots
168: Community Forums
169: Home
170: News Archive
171: Community Forums
172: Home
173: Member Screenshots
174: News
175: Community Forums
176: Photo Gallery
177: Community Forums
178: Home
179: Member Screenshots
180: News Archive
181: Community Forums
182: Member Screenshots
183: Community Forums
184: Member Screenshots
185: Member Screenshots
186: Member Screenshots
187: Member Screenshots
188: Community Forums
189: Community Forums
190: Home
191: Community Forums
192: Community Forums
193: Member Screenshots
194: Home
195: Downloads
196: News Archive
197: Community Forums
198: Community Forums
199: Community Forums
200: Member Screenshots
201: Community Forums
202: Home
203: Member Screenshots
204: Your Account
205: Community Forums
206: Member Screenshots
207: Member Screenshots
208: Community Forums
209: Contact
210: Photo Gallery
211: Home
212: Home
213: Community Forums
214: Community Forums
215: Community Forums
216: Community Forums
217: Community Forums
218: Community Forums
219: Home
220: Member Screenshots
221: Community Forums
222: Home
223: Home
224: Community Forums
225: Downloads
226: Community Forums
227: Community Forums
228: Photo Gallery
229: News Archive
230: Member Screenshots
231: Member Screenshots
232: Community Forums
233: Member Screenshots
234: Member Screenshots
235: Member Screenshots
236: Member Screenshots
237: Photo Gallery
238: News Archive
239: Home
240: Community Forums
241: Member Screenshots
242: Community Forums
243: Home
244: Community Forums
245: Community Forums
246: Community Forums
247: Community Forums
248: Community Forums
249: Home
250: Downloads
251: Community Forums
252: News Archive
253: Community Forums
254: Downloads
255: Member Screenshots
256: Community Forums
257: Community Forums
258: Home
259: News Archive
260: Community Forums
261: News
262: Community Forums
263: Community Forums
264: Community Forums
265: Statistics
266: Member Screenshots
267: Home
268: Member Screenshots
269: Statistics
270: Home
271: News Archive
272: Community Forums
273: Member Screenshots
274: Community Forums
275: Search
276: Community Forums
277: Community Forums
278: Home
279: Community Forums
280: Home
281: Community Forums
282: Community Forums
283: Member Screenshots
284: Community Forums
285: Community Forums
286: Community Forums
287: Downloads
288: Community Forums
289: Your Account
290: Home
291: Community Forums
292: Member Screenshots
293: Member Screenshots
294: Member Screenshots
295: Community Forums
296: Member Screenshots
297: Home
298: Community Forums
299: Community Forums
300: Member Screenshots
301: Community Forums
302: Community Forums
303: News Archive
304: Community Forums
305: Community Forums
306: News Archive
307: Home
308: News Archive
309: Downloads
310: News Archive
311: Home
312: Member Screenshots
313: Member Screenshots
314: Community Forums
315: Home
316: Member Screenshots
317: Community Forums
318: Downloads
319: Community Forums
320: Community Forums
321: Home
322: Downloads
323: News Archive
324: News Archive
325: Home
326: Home
327: Photo Gallery
328: Community Forums
329: News Archive
330: Member Screenshots
331: Community Forums
332: Downloads
333: Community Forums
334: Home
335: Photo Gallery
336: Community Forums
337: Home
338: Member Screenshots
339: Member Screenshots
340: Community Forums
341: Home
342: News Archive
343: News Archive
344: Downloads
345: Photo Gallery
346: Photo Gallery
347: News Archive
348: Photo Gallery
349: Home
350: Member Screenshots
351: Community Forums
352: Member Screenshots
353: Community Forums
354: Community Forums
355: Member Screenshots
356: Home
357: Community Forums
358: Home
359: News Archive
360: Community Forums
361: Community Forums
362: Community Forums
363: Community Forums
364: Community Forums
365: Community Forums
366: Member Screenshots
367: News Archive
368: Home
369: Community Forums
370: Member Screenshots
371: Community Forums
372: Community Forums
373: Member Screenshots
374: Member Screenshots
375: Community Forums
376: Community Forums
377: Community Forums
378: Home
379: Member Screenshots
380: Member Screenshots
381: Downloads
382: Community Forums
383: Community Forums
384: Community Forums
385: News Archive
386: Home
387: Home
388: Photo Gallery
389: Downloads
390: Community Forums
391: News Archive
392: Community Forums
393: Photo Gallery
394: Home
395: Community Forums
396: Community Forums
397: Community Forums
398: Community Forums
399: Photo Gallery
400: Downloads
401: Community Forums
402: Home
403: Community Forums
404: Member Screenshots
405: Home
406: Community Forums
407: Photo Gallery
408: News
409: Member Screenshots

Staff Online:

No staff members are online!
The Birth of Aviators! :: Archived
A general meeting place for all pilots!
Post new topic    Revive this topic    Printer Friendly Page     Forum Index ›  Officer's Club

Topic Archived View previous topic :: View next topic  
Author Message
Tanklord
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Jan 24, 2006
Posts: 817
Location: Louisiana
PostPosted: Mon May 12, 2008 11:14 pm
Post subject: The Birth of Aviators!

THE ORIGIN OF THE WORD AVIATOR

Laughing !!!
This explains it all. As aviators, we come from a long line of a secret society, formed around one thousand years ago. We are warriors, and here is the proof! Ground pounders can read it and weep!

Phu Khen (pronounced Foo Ken) 1169-? is considered by some to be the most under-recognized military officer in history. Many have never heard of his contributions to modern military warfare. The mission of this secret society is to bring honor to the name of Phu Khen.

A 'Khen' was a subordinate to a 'Khan' (pronounced 'konn') in the military structure of the Mongol hordes. Khan is Turkish for leader. Most know of the great Genghis Khan, but little has been written of his chain of command.

Khen is also of Turkish origin. Although there is not a word in English that adequately conveys the meaning. Roughly translated, it means, One who will do the impossible, while appearing unprepared and complaining constantly."

Phu Khen was one of ten Khens that headed the divisions, or groups of hordes, as they were known, of the Mongol Army serving under Genghis Khan.
His abilities came to light during the Mongols' raids on the Turkistan city of Bohicaroo. Bohicans were fierce warriors and the city was well fortified. The
entire city was protected by huge walls and the hordes were at a standoff with the Bohicans. Bohicaroo was well stocked and it would be difficult to wait them out. Genghis Khan assembled his Khens and ordered each of them to develop a plan for penetrating the defenses of Bohicaroo.

Operation Achieve Victory (AV) was born. All 10 divisions of Khens submitted their plan. After reviewing AV plans 1 thru 7 and finding them all unworkable or ridiculous, Genghis Khan was understandably upset. It was with much perspiration that Phu Khen submitted his idea, which came to be known as AV 8. Upon seeing AV 8, Genghis was convinced this was the perfect plan and gave his immediate approval.

The plan was beautifully simple. Phu Khen would arm his hordes to the teeth, load them into catapults, and hurl them over the wall. The losses were expected to be high, but hey, hordes were cheap! Those that survived the flight would engage the enemy in combat. Those that did not? Well, surely their flailing bodies would cause some kind of damage.

The plan worked and the Bohicans were defeated. From that day on, whenever the Mongol Army encountered an insurmountable enemy, Genghis Khan would give the order, "Send some of those Phu Khen's AV 8-ers." This is believed, though not by anyone outside our secret society, to be the true origin of the word Aviator (AV 8-er).

Phu Khen's AV 8-ers were understandably an unruly mob, not likely to be socially acceptable. Many were heavy drinkers and insomniacs. But when nothing else would do, you could always count on an AV 8-er. A Phu Khen Aviator.

Denied, perhaps rightfully so, his place in history, Phu Khen has been, nonetheless, immortalized in prose. As the great poet Norman Lear never once said: "There once was a man named Phu Khen, Whose breakfast was whiskey and gin. When e'er he'd fly, He'd give a mighty war cry: "Bend over, here it comes again."

Consider it an honor to be a Phu Khen Aviator. Wear the mantle proudly, but speak of it cautiously. It is not always popular to be one of us. You hear
mystical references, often-hushed whispers, to 'those Phu Khen Aviators.' Do not let these things bother you. As with any secret society, we go largely
misunderstood, prohibited by our apathy from explaining ourselves. You are expected to always live down to the reputation of the Phu Khen Aviator...a reputation cultivated for centuries, undaunted by scorn or ridicule, unhindered by progress.

So drink up, be crude, sleep late, urinate in public, and get the job done. When others are offended, you can revel in the knowledge that...
YOU are a PHU KHEN AVIATOR! Laughing
Back to top
View user's profile Yahoo Messenger
JG300-Ascout
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Jan 05, 2005
Posts: 6257
Location: Cyberspace
PostPosted: Mon May 12, 2008 11:32 pm
Post subject: Re: The Birth of Aviators!

- Tanklord
So drink up, be crude, sleep late, urinate in public, and get the job done.


That's why I'd never wanna' be a tanker...they'd never do stuff like that! Razz

_________________
"All facts go to clearly prove that Shades is a thrice-cursed traitor & mentally deranged person steeped in inveterate enmity toward mankind"
Back to top
View user's profile Photo Gallery
Tanklord
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Jan 24, 2006
Posts: 817
Location: Louisiana
PostPosted: Tue May 13, 2008 3:49 am
Post subject: Re: The Birth of Aviators!

OOOF! Sabot to the chest! Yeah, but when you need us treadheads, ya need us! Who else is better at "protecting" private reserves?

_________________
The only thing to do when a son-of-a-bitch looks
cross-eyed at you is to beat the hell out of him right
then and there
Back to top
View user's profile Yahoo Messenger
Shades
Forum Tree-Rat

Offline Offline
Joined: Mar 07, 2005
Posts: 6475
Location: 3rd Branch up, 'Ye Olde Oak', Green Wood.
PostPosted: Tue May 13, 2008 6:40 am
Post subject: Re: The Birth of Aviators!

You sure about this origin?
There seem to be holes in the evidence.
Razz

_________________
Skwerl's place.

Com-Central's cutest, fluffiest, twitchiest, tail.
CPU > Intel i9-9900k (o/c 4.9GHz); COOLING > BeQuiet! Dark Rock Pro 4;
MOBO > ASUS PRIME Z390-A; RAM > 2x32GB Corsair LPX 2666MHz;
GPU > Gigabyte GEFORCE GTX650Ti PCI-e 3.0 2Gb GDDR5;
AUDIO > Creative X-Fi Xtreme Music (plus - Universal Audio UAD2 Quad Custom accelerator);
HDD > 3x1TB+ M.2. SSDs; LCD > DELL - S2419HGF (1920x1080);
PSU > 650W be quiet Straight Power 11 - 80+ Gold;
CASE > BeQuiet! SILENT BASE 601; OS > Windows 11 Home Advanced (64-bit).
Back to top
View user's profile Visit poster's website ICQ Number
bsmart
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Jan 23, 2006
Posts: 2523
Location: Central Maryland
PostPosted: Tue May 13, 2008 8:43 am
Post subject: Re: The Birth of Aviators!

- JG300-Ascout
- Tanklord
So drink up, be crude, sleep late, urinate in public, and get the job done.


That's why I'd never wanna' be a tanker...they'd never do stuff like that! Razz

Ascout - you are under a misconception. it isn't that tankers never do that, it is that most pilots are officers. Most tankers are NCOs and know that you should step behind a bush (or the COs Mercedes) before you urinate. Officers on the other hand have just not been raised properly (after all what would you expect out of someone who goes to work in his PJs Rolling Eyes )

_________________
Bob Smart ([email protected])
Back to top
View user's profile Send e-mail
Shadow_Bshwackr
Janitor

Offline Offline
Joined: Jan 21, 2005
Posts: 7019
Location: Central Illinois, USA
PostPosted: Tue May 13, 2008 10:00 am
Post subject: Re: The Birth of Aviators!

Heavy drinker and an insomniac? LOL

Don't forget the punch line...
YOU are a PHU KHEN AVIATOR!
ROFL...

Uhm...Bob, step behind a "bush"? That would explain my yellow socks...
Back to top
View user's profile Visit poster's website Photo Gallery
Kitform
Bar Maid

Offline Offline
Joined: Jan 22, 2005
Posts: 2011
Location: Cleveland. UK.
PostPosted: Tue May 13, 2008 2:09 pm
Post subject: Re: The Birth of Aviators!

- Shades
You sure about this origin?


Stupid boy.

Mr. Green Mr. Green
Back to top
View user's profile Send e-mail Visit poster's website Photo Gallery
Shades
Forum Tree-Rat

Offline Offline
Joined: Mar 07, 2005
Posts: 6475
Location: 3rd Branch up, 'Ye Olde Oak', Green Wood.
PostPosted: Tue May 13, 2008 3:12 pm
Post subject: Re: The Birth of Aviators!

Mr. Green

_________________
Skwerl's place.

Com-Central's cutest, fluffiest, twitchiest, tail.
CPU > Intel i9-9900k (o/c 4.9GHz); COOLING > BeQuiet! Dark Rock Pro 4;
MOBO > ASUS PRIME Z390-A; RAM > 2x32GB Corsair LPX 2666MHz;
GPU > Gigabyte GEFORCE GTX650Ti PCI-e 3.0 2Gb GDDR5;
AUDIO > Creative X-Fi Xtreme Music (plus - Universal Audio UAD2 Quad Custom accelerator);
HDD > 3x1TB+ M.2. SSDs; LCD > DELL - S2419HGF (1920x1080);
PSU > 650W be quiet Straight Power 11 - 80+ Gold;
CASE > BeQuiet! SILENT BASE 601; OS > Windows 11 Home Advanced (64-bit).
Back to top
View user's profile Visit poster's website ICQ Number
Rixster
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Mar 09, 2008
Posts: 190

PostPosted: Tue May 13, 2008 6:33 pm
Post subject: Re: The Birth of Aviators!

it took me awhile, but I finally got the "Phu Kehn" AV-8er part, lol...very nice, I like it..
Back to top
View user's profile
JG300-Ascout
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Jan 05, 2005
Posts: 6257
Location: Cyberspace
PostPosted: Tue May 13, 2008 6:43 pm
Post subject: Re: The Birth of Aviators!

And that's to say nothing of the Phu Khen Tong Kher's. In fact, let's not even go there....

_________________
"All facts go to clearly prove that Shades is a thrice-cursed traitor & mentally deranged person steeped in inveterate enmity toward mankind"
Back to top
View user's profile Photo Gallery
bsmart
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Jan 23, 2006
Posts: 2523
Location: Central Maryland
PostPosted: Tue May 13, 2008 8:54 pm
Post subject: Re: The Birth of Aviators!

- Shadow_Bshwackr
Heavy drinker and an insomniac? LOL

Don't forget the punch line...
YOU are a PHU KHEN AVIATOR!
ROFL...

Uhm...Bob, step behind a "bush"? That would explain my yellow socks...


And the President didn't like it either Laughing

_________________
Bob Smart ([email protected])
Back to top
View user's profile Send e-mail
Display posts from previous:   
Post new topic    Revive this topic    Printer Friendly Page    Forum Index ›  Officer's Club
Page 1 of 1
All times are GMT - 6 Hours

Archive Revive
Username:
This is an archived topic - your reply will not be appended here.
Instead, a new topic will be generated in the active forum.
The new topic will provide a reference link to this archived topic.