Emil Tinkle

Following recent references to prostates elsewhere on the forum I was moved to recover this photograph of Emil Tinkle "The Wurtemberg Slasher" from my old Jasta 38DD campaign chest. The tiles on the fuselage of Tinkles DVII shaved a few kph off the top speed, but were necessary in view of the incontinence pouch seen here fixed to the outside of the cockpit. The need to concentrate in the crucial moments of combat would sometimes cause Emil to relax in other areas, and it is thus that the term "spash" first entered the fighter pilot's vocabulary. I wonder if forumites know of the origins of any other words in common aviation usage.

Hptm Ritter (Dipl Ing)Karl Otto Titzlinger
Late of His Imperial Majesty's Jasta 38DD

I read where the Germans would refer to a plane hit&smoking by the phrase "he stank"..now I know why!

My Dear Karl Otto,
Did Emil also have trouble with his eyesight??
Only he seems to be wearing the worlds largest wristwatch!......A "GrossenTikker", if I'm not mistaken....
Regards
Paul

[leo]

Did he originate the term Fahrt?

[Darryl]

KO,

Email me privately and I'll tell you what I know about the origins of the aviation term :
"went down".

Meanwhile, I believe the phrase "Oh sh*t, my wings have fallen off" may have aviation roots.

regards and deapest respects

Darryl

Paul, my original print reveals that the goggles are indeed bi-focal. Some were of the opinion that the strap was too tight.

Leo, I do not believe he originated the term "Luftfahrt", but he did enjoy the distinction of flyng with a number two even when on lone wolf patrols. You will understand he flew alone quite often.

Herr Killratio, the URL you sent me has certainly given me a new insight into the term, but what is the function of the young man in the latex balaclava?

Hptm Ritter (Dipl Ing) Karl Otto Titzlinger
Late of His Imperial Majesty's Jasta 38DD

[Vigilant]

I believe Herr Tinkle's origination of the famous "Split Ass" manouvre needs no elaboration...

widest respects,

Vig.

[Ira_Silverman]

Herr Doktor KO:

Emil Tinkle was in the process of developing the world's first variable geometry breast implants - with the ultimate goal of forming Jasta 44DD.

Alas, at altitude, they burst, 44DD became 22AA, and nothing was heard of Emil Tinkle ever again.

Germany (and an entire underground film industry)'s loss...,

Ira

Herr Hauptmann,
Yawohl! I had heard that Emil Tinkle actually had answered the call of nature too much in mid flight, and as a result his plane became "water"logged and crashed. Thereby his actual claim to fame is creating the worlds first biological weapon...a piss bomb! : )
VBR,
Jim