You got me started, now you've gotta sit through some more:
Tail Rotor - The whirly bit at the back of the tailboom; used to make small bush pads larger.
Strobe Gear - Divination tool used by engineers in place of lamb's entrails to foretell the results of pitch link and tab adjustments. Not as messy as the old school methods.
Belly Hook - Device mounted to the bottom of a chopper used to deliver the accumulated static charge to ground crew while operating in rain or snow.
Long Line - An extension of the connection between hook and load; used to improve speed and random oscillations of load.
Logging Window - Bubble-type window allowing pilot to increase neck strain while long-lining.
Longine Rescue - Dramatic emergency rescue technique; requires convincing a highly-trained and capable rescuer to take the place of a wrecking ball.
Dope-on-a-rope - See Longline Rescue, wrecking ball.
Bowling for Drillers - Technique for training pilots to longline smoothly, involving drillers lying about weight of longline load that pilot then uses to bowl them over with.
Snag - Entry made in technical logs that may result in the aircraft being grounded. Usually only appears on the last day of a pilot's field tour.
Bambi Bucket - Collapsible bucket slung beneath helicopter; used in forestry firefighting to put muddy water onto firefighters.
Pilot - Ancient Basque word for magician, originally applied to harbour captains who could safely guide visiting vessels past dangers hidden underwater - they learned their trade by hitting everything in the harbour and approaches at least once.
