
As the "present day" story takes place in 1962 and having flight experience clearly took place in the fifties, this is an appropriate term. BUGOUT (Direction) Separation from that particular engagement/attack/operation with no intent to reengage/return. BUDDY SPIKE (Posit/heading/alt) Friendly aircraft air-to-air indication on radar warning receiver (RWR). Normally a response to a SPIKED or BUDDY SPIKE call. "Abort" is also a military brevity code, a directive meaning "stop the action/mission/attack." It should be noted that the term "angels", while popular for the first half of the twentieth century, is outdated. BUDDY LOCK Locked to a known friendly aircraft. Buddy spike Friendly aircraft(s) air-to-air indication on radar warning receiver (RWR) to be followed by position, heading, and altitude. Military brevity code meaning "friendly anti-aircraft radar has locked on to me, (please don't shoot)." "Transmitting in the Blind Guard" is a call on the emergency frequency where two-way communication has not been established. Buddy lock Locked to a known friendly aircraft normally a response to a spike or buddy spike call and accompanied with position/heading/altitude. This is a perfect definition of focus on others. Civilian flights use the term "flight level". The word attention comes from the Latin attendere, meaning to reach toward. "Angels 10" is her altitude call, ten thousand feet, this is a military term.
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She requests "vectors to the initial", directions how to get to the initial landing approach. "VFR on top" means she is flying in the regime of Visual Flight Rules "on top" of a cloud cover.

The terminology used hints that Elastigirl has had military flight training. In the director's commentary, Brad Bird tells that Holly Hunter insisted on learning the lingo and its meaning. Helen's use of radio protocol while flying is exceptionally accurate for a movie.
