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feet wet

phrase

Definitions

  1. Flying over water.

    • Feet wet: Fighter direction brevity code used to report that a plane had left land ("feet dry") and was now over water.
    • Three minutes later, at 2015, Captain Brindel entered the CIC and was notified of TN 2202 “feet wet” (aviation terminology meaning that an aircraft is over water) in the northern Persian Gulf and heading south.
    • […] when you'd crossed the coastline after departing the ship Roger Klondike twelve dash four, understand flight of three. Feet wet.

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