Malcolm,
you remember Black Rock desert - 14 miles long tracks, about 60 yards wide, 24
tracks over all.....at last the feets and the shoulders was on the same
level......and sometimes there was just a desertstorm....fodding every
day.....Black Rock was a training area for Boing 52 ....at last it was more
than ton of "shooting" stuff.
See ya
Pork Pie
"M Pittwood" <MPittwood@compuserve.com> schrieb:
> John & List
>
> The term 'fodding' comes form the air force acronym 'FOD' - which means
> foreign object debris, or if your jet injests it foreign object damage.
> But most of you knew that.
>
> When making attempts on any surfaces that are not dragged then British
> teams have volunteers that are happy to go 'fodding' - to find and remove
> every piece of debris, stone, metal that could damage a tyre. The 'fod
> plod' at Pendine Sands takes on a different meaning when we have to move
> jelly fish over 18 inches across and four inches high.
>
> So John when Nancy lets you go to South Africa they will use a road sweeper
> first to remove the 'fod' that will allow you to run your bikes safely.
>
> Malcolm Pittwood, Derby, England.
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