Give me some "holy sh... did that just happen" ideas

[AdMan]

How about a mysterious sighting of a Rundflugzeug RFZ-2/Vril on a reconnaissance mission or test flight?

[Daniël]

Originally Posted by AdMan

How about a mysterious sighting of a Rundflugzeug RFZ-2/Vril on a reconnaissance mission or test flight?

A German flying suacer?

oleg, dont forget this: when the pilots of the Luftwaffe gives the order of attack. said in the radio: "Horrido!". Horrido is a Latin word meaning frightful or frightening. Perhaps the Luftwaffe meant for it to mean "Fear me!"

Horrido is the equivalent of Tally Ho. i think

[Alien]

Really? I thought that ,,Horrido!" was told after a shootdown, something like ,,Hooray! Got him!".

Originally Posted by Alien

Really? I thought that ,,Horrido!" was told after a shootdown, something like ,,Hooray! Got him!".

ok, yes, "Pauke, Pauke" is when the pilot have a visual contact with enemy. and horrido when the pilot have a victory, instead of said Hei Hitler, they say horrido (is like 'anti nazi' protest and more saying "i do this for my country, not for a crazzy motherf###")
The British don't said "Hooray! Got him!", They said "Tally-Ho",
please correct me.

[David603]

Originally Posted by horrido

ok, yes, "Pauke, Pauke" is when the pilot have a visual contact with enemy. and horrido when the pilot have a victory, instead of said Hei Hitler, they say horrido (is like 'anti nazi' protest and more saying "i do this for my country, not for a crazzy motherf###")
The British don't said "Hooray! Got him!", They said "Tally-Ho",
please correct me.

Tally Ho is a hunting cry. It wouldn't be used to signal a victory, rather it would be called on sighting the enemy.

[Xilon_x]

HORRIDO in italian lenguage ORRENDO (ORRIBILE-MOSTRUOSO-SPAVENTOSO)
hahahah

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1ccrx6zgPk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCn7rm3P3Ms

[Feathered_IV]

Originally Posted by horrido

oleg, dont forget this: when the pilots of the Luftwaffe gives the order of attack. said in the radio: "Horrido!". Horrido is a Latin word meaning frightful or frightening. Perhaps the Luftwaffe meant for it to mean "Fear me!"

Horrido is the equivalent of Tally Ho. i think

From St Horridus, patron saint of hunters.

[bf-110]

Originally Posted by horrido

oleg, dont forget this: when the pilots of the Luftwaffe gives the order of attack. said in the radio: "Horrido!". Horrido is a Latin word meaning frightful or frightening. Perhaps the Luftwaffe meant for it to mean "Fear me!"

Horrido is the equivalent of Tally Ho. i think

For what I read on luftarchiv,Horrido is from a saint,patron of aviators.

VRIL,heh,nice.
Haunebu would be better.Fitted with a Flak 88 as it was originally intended.

[Schallmoser]

In fact the real origin of horrido seem to originate in the very old German hunting tradition. Back then the hunters would say "hoch Rüde hoch" which means "get up my dog, get up".
Till today horrido is commonly used as a greeting between hunters in Germany.

Concerning military e.g. Luftwaffe, but also in ancient times horrido is and was used as battle cry.

here is the link to the german wiki page with more reference:
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horrido

Oh, and I forgot, tally-ho seems to have almost the same kind of origin:

Tally-ho dates from around 1772, and is probably derived from the French taïaut, a cry used to excite hounds when hunting deer. Which in turn derives from taille haut![1] meaning raise swords cried by French commanders upon mediaeval battlefields upon the final assault.

ref: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tally-ho

cheers,
Schallmoser