Talk:Miss Shilling's orifice

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Most historical and aviation engineering books I have read on the Spitfire/Merlin refer to this device as "Miss Tilly's Diaphragm". I have never heard it referd to as "Miss Shilling's orifice".59.101.71.235 15:33, 9 April 2007 (UTC) craigd

It seems we have diferent sources. Most pilots writing on the matter uses the "orifice". I guess the oficial name may have been "diaphragm", and that "orifice" was pilots slang. 24th April. Petter Bøckman

[edit] Why is this page separate?

Wouldn't it be more logical to add this page to the one on the Rolls-Royce Merlin?Minorhistorian (talk) 12:48, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

It is mentioned in the Merlin page, however, it's not too well covered there, and the section would need a full re-write. The reason I made this page in the first place was that I was trying to find out what Miss Shilling's orific was, but couldn't find it on Wikipedia. It seems the name of the thing, being a sort of not too PC joke to begin with wouldn't quite do in the Merlin article. Besides, it wans't Rolls-Royce's invention. Petter Bøckman (talk) 15:00, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] RAF toasts

I understand that "To Miss Shilling's Orifice" is still a toast in RAF fighter mess. Anyone have a ref? Andy Dingley (talk) 23:24, 29 April 2008 (UTC)