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6 May 2007, 07:07 PM
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"Break your skull and bones"?
I recall reading that German pilots had a saying before takeoff, something that translates into English as (roughly) "Break your skull and bones". Sort of a take on the theatre saying of "Break a leg!"
Perhaps someone can help me out with the saying, in German? Best regards, Dean |
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6 May 2007, 09:13 PM
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"Hals- und Beinbruch!"
The rough translation for it would be "Break your neck and legs!" and this saying found its way into the non-aviation related German language, when you wish someone good luck. Hope this will explain it ... .
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8 May 2007, 08:47 AM
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Thanks!
Thank you, Volker. That's just what I was looking for.
The subject came up during discussions with a R/C buddy about wishing fellow flyers "good luck" before their flights. I said that I held to the old theatre belief that it was actually bad luck to wish someone good luck. When I go to fly R/C, my wife always says, "Break a prop!" Funny, but it seems to work. When she fails to do so, something bad seems to always happen. I crashed 3 planes last Wednesday because she was sleeping when I left to go fly, and didn't do our little "break a prop" ritual. (At least, that's my excuse...  )Dean in Omaha |
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14 May 2007, 03:18 AM
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Mehr Übersetzung bitte !!
Sehr geehrter Herr Volker Nemsch,
Konnten Sie mir auch erklären, was die Buchstaben WPK auf Teil eines WKI deutschen Flügelmittels. Sie werden genauso wie ZAK gestempelt, (Zentrale Abnahme Kommission). Viele Danke! Dear Volker Nemsch, Could you also tell me what the letters WPK on part of a WKI German wing mean. They are stamped in the same way as ZAK, (Zentrale Abnehme Kommission). With regards, Bob |
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19 May 2007, 05:46 AM
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which first?
Unresolved is the question whether Hals und Beinebruch was used first in the theatre or in aviation. YHS tends to favor the theatre etymology as there have been actors longer than aviators and the story was an otherwise poor comedy was saved when an actor fell. The fall got such a laugh--the audience not knowing of the real injuries--that it was left in the script.
cheers, Boom
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