Aircraft nicknames

Hedley · Post by **Hedley** » Mon Jul 24, 2006 10:30 am

Don't confuse the North American F-100 Super Sabre:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F-100_Super_Sabre

with the totally different homegrown CF-100:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avro_CF-100

which was affectionately known in the RCAF as the "clunk" or "lead sled". Our #4 pilot used to do air shows in the CF-100 ... he would spin that 17-ton behemoth at low altitude - at least until HQ heard about it and put a stop to it

amw1234 · Post by **amw1234** » Tue Jul 25, 2006 4:46 am

BaE Nimrod MR.2 - The Kipper

Red Arrows - The Dead Sparrows

32a · Post by **32a** » Tue Jul 25, 2006 7:30 pm

Twin-tailed plastic fagjet - how trash haulers refer to the CF-18
Jet - how fighter pilots refer to their own rides
Target - how fighter pilots refer to transport a/c

mellow_pilot · Post by **mellow_pilot** » Tue Jul 25, 2006 10:12 pm

Schwitzer 2-33 Glider in Air Cadet paint, big yellow school bus.

bmc · Post by **bmc** » Thu Aug 03, 2006 6:43 am

Just heard this on the weekend:

Sonic Cruiser = Chronic Loser

Mach1 · Post by **Mach1** » Thu Aug 03, 2006 4:25 pm

C-337 - Huff and Puff.

Piaggio P-180 Avanti - Catfish.

MUSKEG · Post by **MUSKEG** » Thu Aug 03, 2006 4:55 pm

Tutor...........Tumor
Snowbird......Slowbird
Snowbird......Snowturd
DC-3....Greasy 3, Gooney Bird, Dak
Cherokee 6......Crowd killer
C-337...Mixmaster, pushmepullme

Had some other names after a freakin hard day on drums but thats another story

Driving Rain · Post by **Driving Rain** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 6:14 am

B727 ... Maytag , it never breaks
DC 3 ... Douglas Racer
Citation... Slowtation
Westwind.. Jew Canoe
P-47... The Jug, because it looks like a milk jug when standing on it's nose
DC-8... Diesel 8
CL-415 Diesel Duck
C-337... Suck me, blow me, push me, pull me.
DHC-2 MIII... Kerosene Rodent

185_guy · Post by **185_guy** » Tue Aug 08, 2006 6:29 am

Noorduyn Norseman- Thunder Chicken

app flap · Post by **app flap** » Fri Aug 03, 2007 12:43 pm

'Gay' + 'ATR' = Gaytr, like an alligator... only and airplane, and gay.

comanchepilot · Post by **comanchepilot** » Fri Aug 03, 2007 3:15 pm

I believe what I heard is that the 767-200 was known as the "dumptruck"... but I still don't know why.

Meecka · Post by **Meecka** » Sat Aug 04, 2007 8:22 am

I've heard the Norsman called "the teradactyl"

mileagejunkie · Post by **mileagejunkie** » Sat Aug 04, 2007 6:20 pm

Metro = Texas Tampon
Dh7 = crash 7
B99 = piece of shit, etc.
Do228 = donair

rigpiggy · Post by **rigpiggy** » Sat Aug 04, 2007 7:11 pm

co-joe wrote:Ahhh, I always wondered that. So..uh...what's a Dakota? Wasn't it made by Douglas, pre-McDonnell Douglas?

I remember the CF-100 being refered to as a "Clunk".

Someone here recently called the Twotter the " Two Headed Float Roa=dent"

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The British and the Australians designated it the Dakota (a clever acronym composed of the letters DACoTA for Douglas Aircraft Company Transport Aircraft

The RAF, named there A/C after various things the american built aircraft tended to be named after the indian tribes apache, dakota, mohawk. The RN tended to name there airplanes after seabirds. skua, martlet gannet etc...

YVR Dude · Post by **YVR Dude** » Tue Aug 07, 2007 11:41 pm

B757...

"Narrow waist, long legs, and big jugs"

Siddley Hawker · Post by **Siddley Hawker** » Wed Aug 08, 2007 8:54 am

Something has always bothered me, what is a martlet? I keep thinking of a small pork chop, for some reason or other.

Back to your regularly scheduled thread.

A-W Argosy ... Whistling tit.