Meanings
- aeronauticsFlying over water.
Feet wet: Fighter direction brevity code used to report that a plane had left land ("feet dry") and was now over water.
1994, Paul T. Gillcrist, Tomcat!: The Grumman F-14 Story, page 1962 more examples
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.
1997, Jeffrey L. Levinson, Randy L. Edwards, Missile Inbound: The Attack on the Stark in the Persian Gulf, page 71[…] when you'd crossed the coastline after departing the ship Roger Klondike twelve dash four, understand flight of three. Feet wet.
2008, David A. Ballentine, Gunbird Driver: A Marine Huey Pilot's War in Vietnam, page 56Antonyms: feet dry
Synonyms & antonyms
phraseFlying over water.
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