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Re:Should you use Yes/No or Ok/Cancel on your message boxes? by WalterBright on Monday January 07, 2013 @03:13AM (#5020008)
These kinds of things can be life or death in airplanes.

It used to be in the Air Force that full throttle was called "takeoff power". Then one day a jet was making a landing, and the copilot decided they needed to abort. The first thing you do on abort is go to full power, so he yelled "takeoff power". The pilot chopped the throttle, thinking he meant "take off power", causing an accident.

The offical phrase for full throttle was then changed to "full power" (or "maximum power", I forgot).

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Re:Should you use Yes/No or Ok/Cancel on your message boxes? by sevenproxies on Monday January 07, 2013 @03:26AM (#5020050)
In general aviation the term "takeoff/go-around" or "TOGA" is used, with the go-around phase used for aborting landings.
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