BOLO

[streaky]

Increased BTP and other police activity around railway and Tube stations in the capital and other major cities over the next few days.

Whilst the UK's 'terror threat level' remains unaltered at 'Severe' there is lingering concern regarding a 'Mumbai' style attack in a Western city.

Let's be careful out there.

Streaky

[lost in espace]

Ahh BOLO, learn something new everyday!

[kiteless]

Sorry. First thing I thought of on reading the thread title......

[y282]

[Eric Mc]

No, this is a Bolo



(At least it has some aviation content).

[mrmaggit]

lost in espace said:

Ahh BOLO, learn something new everyday!

Glad you have.

:can I have a shrug smilie please?, or an "I don't have a clue what that means" smilie:

[Z06George]

Slightly off-topic but what does BOLO stand for. As in when police put out a BOLO on a car?

[Eric Mc]

Z06George said:

Slightly off-topic but what does BOLO stand for. As in when police put out a BOLO on a car?

Blues On - Lights On ?

(A bit of a guess).

Edited by Eric Mc on Friday 7th January 13:12

[mrmaggit]

Got to be made up, that one, if even Eric doesn't know what it means!

[chrisj_abz]

Be On Look Out

[Eric Mc]

I actually think the OP just left the letter "X" off the end.

[Z06George]

chrisj_abz said:

Be On Look Out

Cheers, so simple don't know why I didn't figure it out.

[Simpo Two]

Eric Mc said:

No, this is a Bolo

Aha, gottit! Korea, or was it Vietnam - fighters flying in such a way to look like bomber formations on enemy radar. Harry Mig pops up through the cloud to have a crack and gets a nasty surprise.

[Eric Mc]

I wouldn't have fancied my chances in a Douglas B-18 over Vietnam, let alone Korea.

[Flintstone]

Eric Mc said:

No, this is a Bolo



(At least it has some aviation content).

I thought that was a balbo, named after an Italian? WWI?














A balbo of Bolos?

Edited by Flintstone on Friday 7th January 17:59

[Eric Mc]

Balbo was a bloke.

Bolo is a plane - the Douglas B-18 Bolo - which was a bomber based on the wings and tail of the DC-2/DC-3.

Balbo was an Italian aviator who flew a number of long distance flights in Savoia flying boats in the 1930s. He was killed in action in WW2 - shot down by his own side.

[Ginetta G15 Girl]

Eric Mc said:

Balbo was a bloke.

Balbo was an Italian aviator who flew a number of long distance flights in Savoia flying boats in the 1930s. He was killed in action in WW2 - shot down by his own side.

And the fact that such flights were done with a dozen or so a/c led by Balbo, resulted in his name being used as a term for a large formation of a/c.

[Hooli]

Ginetta G15 Girl said:

Eric Mc said:

Balbo was a bloke.

Balbo was an Italian aviator who flew a number of long distance flights in Savoia flying boats in the 1930s. He was killed in action in WW2 - shot down by his own side.

And the fact that such flights were done with a dozen or so a/c led by Balbo, resulted in his name being used as a term for a large formation of a/c.

So that's where the phrase came from, I did wonder in various things I've read with people such as Douglas Bader using the term.

[Eric Mc]

And those Savoia flying boats weren't half weird looking devices either -

[mrmaggit]

Eric Mc said:

And those Savoia flying boats weren't half weird looking devices either -

Two big joke slippers with a wing bolted on each side