Aircraft names. Of Beaks, Bones, Sluffs and Stoofs.

[3/7charlie]

I got to thinking about the names that aircaft receive from their makers, and purchasers, versus
the names given by their aircrews and maintainers. Thought it might make for an interesting
thread/ quiz, so- here's is a short list of cant names for some aircraft, see if you can
name the plane, and add any you know of! Some have been used on different aircraft, some aircraft attract multiple
names depending on era and opperator. If you know the origin of the handle, do tell! Some are well known,
some are obscure.
1- SLUFF
2- BUFF
3- Malfunction Junction
4- BONE
5- Beak
6- Ford
7- Banana
8- Stoof
9- Hiss
10- 'Vark
11- Sparkvark
12- Aluminium death tube
13- Ensign eliminator
14- Led Sled
15- Zip tube
16- Vibrator
17- All three dead
18- Willy Fudd
19- Hog
20- Pig
21- Hummer
22- 'Sader
23- Thud
24- Clunk
25- Drut
26- Zipper
27- Hose nose
28- Scooter
29- Wimpy
30- Shagbat
31- Middle River Stump-Jumper
32- Hoover/ War-Hoover
33- Awl
34- Spad
35- Duce
36- Tweet
37- Hun
38- Bug
39- Beast
40- Sonofabitch 2nd class
41- Dak
42- Hallibag
42- Turkey
43- Maytag Messerschmit
44- Dumbo
45- Jolly Green Giant


Have fun
3/7charlie

[stiz]

29- Wimpy
42- Hallibag


wimpy - vickers wellington
halibag - handley page halifax

which ones Malfunction Junction? :icon_lol:

[Mr.Mugel]

Not sure on those, here are my guesses:

SLUFF should be A-7 Corsair II
BUFF is Big Ugly Fat Fellow, B-52
Bone was B-1, IIRC
Hog is A-10 Thunderbolt II
Jolly Green Giant is a MH-53 I think...
Thud could be F-100

[3/7charlie]

Thats a great one, eh Stiz. no gimmes yet. But it was a early AWACS

3/7charlie

[MenendezDiego]

BUFF stands for Big Ugly Fat *****er...as said by my instructor, ex USAF B-52G pilot 70-73

[CodyValkyrie]

I'll name what I can, as a game:
2- BUFF - B-17, B-29, B-52. Take your pick.
4- BONE - B1 Lancer
10- 'Vark - Advark?
11- Sparkvark - Advark again?
13- Ensign eliminator - Couple of planes, but most common is F4U Corsair
19- Hog - F4U and A-10
20- Pig - F4U and A-10 again
27- Hose nose - F4U again
38- Bug - I'm assuming the F/A-18 early versions, and the F and E versions are known as Super Hornets or "Superbugs"
40- Sonofabitch 2nd class - SB2C Dauntless
42- Hallibag - Halifax?
43- Maytag Messerschmit - Ryan PT-22
44- Dumbo - I'll assume C-130
45- Jolly Green Giant - Again, C-130? (after reading a previous comment, I'm sure it is the 53 now.)

[gajit]

Shagbat = Warus

[centuryseries]

Bit tough most of them!! But these are what I know:

1- SLUFF A-7
2- BUFF B-52
3- Malfunction Junction
4- BONE B-1B
5- Beak
6- Ford
7- Banana That weird chinook-like helicopter that isn't a chinook
8- Stoof
9- Hiss
10- 'Vark F-111
11- Sparkvark EF-111
12- Aluminium death tube
13- Ensign eliminator
14- Led Sled SR-71
15- Zip tube
16- Vibrator
17- All three dead A-3D
18- Willy Fudd
19- Hog A-10
20- Pig
21- Hummer
22- 'Sader
23- Thud F-105 Thunderchief
24- Clunk
25- Drut
26- Zipper
27- Hose nose
28- Scooter A-4 Skyhawk
29- Wimpy
30- Shagbat
31- Middle River Stump-Jummper
32- Hoover/ War-Hoover
33- Awl
34- Spad
35- Duce
36- Tweet T-37
37- Hun F-100
38- Bug
39- Beast
40- Sonofabitch 2nd class
41- Dak
42- Hallibag Halifax
42- Turkey
43- Maytag Messerschmit
44- Dumbo
45- Jolly Green Giant H-53

[Ferry_vO]

Stoof = Grumman Tracker (S-2F)

Tweet = Cessna T-37

'Vark = F-111

Sparkvark = EF-111

All three dead = A-3D Skywarrior

'Sader = F-8 Crusader

Thud = F-105?

Sonofabitch 2nd class = SB2C

Dak = Dakota

Turkey = Grumman Avenger

Ensign eliminator = F4U Corsair

Shagbat = I know a Supermarine model by that name, but that's not a nick..

This is as far as I get without googling..

[Mathias]

Shagbat or shagboat = Supermarine Walrus

[VCN-1]

STOOF= Grumman S2F Tracker

Late as usual with my post

VCN-1

[Ferry_vO]

Aluminium death tube = Convair B-36 peacemaker ?

[pointy31]

"Stoof with a roof" = E1 Tracer
Erpcup= Ercoupe
Slick=Bell UH1 series (troop transports)
Charlie Model=Bell UH1C
Hog=UH1C gunship

[3/7charlie]

Ferry_VO is getting there. B-36 was called, by the PR flaks, The magnsium overcast. doubt the aircrews called it that. It actually had a fairly low attrition rate. We haven't flushed any zipper drivers out yet? Never heard BUFF applied to anything but a B-52. I have read that in wartime Japan, the B-29 was refered to as 'B-san'. Who ever cracks the list or the most of it is going to have to come up with the next list! So is Century.
3/7charlie

[Bjoern]

SLUFF => A-7
BUFF => B-52
BONE => B-1
Ford => F4D Skyray
Banana => CH-47
Hiss => F-104?
'Vark => F-111
Sparkvark => EF-111
Ensign eliminator => T-2?
Led Sled => F-105(?)
Zip tube => F-104?
Vibrator => UH-1?
Willy Fudd => F-100D?
Hog => A-10
Pig => F-4?
'Sader => F-8
Thud => F-105
Zipper => F-104
Scooter => A-4
Wimpy => Wellington
Hoover/ War-Hoover => F-100(?)
Spad => A-1
Tweet => T-37
Hun => F-100
Bug => F-18
Sonofabitch 2nd class => SF2C?
Dak => C-47 (RAF)
Turkey => F-14
Dumbo => C-117
Jolly Green Giant => HH-3C


You forgot "Rhino", btw. :d

[centuryseries]

My memory indicates zipper was the nickname (one of the nicknames) for the Starfighter?

[3/7charlie]

Bjoern and Century have hammered the '104, but one. Have heard the '117 called the 'wobblin Gobblin' but never dumbo. But hey, I've never strived for perfection, and I think I've acheived that goal! I usually carry a third shoe around with me.Saves time when it comes to putting my foot in my mouth!
3/7charlie

[bruce448]

1- SLUFF A-7 Corsair
2- BUFF B-52
3- Malfunction Junction
4- BONE B-1 LANCER
5- Beak B-2 Spirit
6- Ford Douglas Skyray
7- Banana HS Buccaneer
8- Stoof Grumman Tracker
9- Hiss
10- 'Vark F-111
11- Sparkvark EF-111
12- Aluminium death tube B-36, B-52
13- Ensign eliminator F4U Corsair, F-7U Cutlass
14- Led Sled CF-100, f3h Demon
15- Zip tube F-104 ?
16- Vibrator VC-9 Vanguard
17- All three dead A-3D Skywarrior
18- Willy Fudd E-1 Tracer
19- Hog A-10
20- Pig F-111, B737
21- Hummer E-2 Hawkeye
22- 'Sader F-8 Crusader
23- Thud F-105 Thunderchief
24- Clunk Dauntless
25- Drut F3d Skynight
26- Zipper F-104 Starfighter
27- Hose nose
28- Scooter A-4 Skyhawk
29- Wimpy Vickers Wellington
30- Shagbat Supermarine Walrus
31- Middle River Stump-Jumper
32- Hoover/ War-Hoover S-3 Viking
33- Awl
34- Spad Skyraider
35- Duce f-102 Delta dagger
36- Tweet A-37
37- Hun F-100
38- Bug FA-18
39- Beast SB2C Helldiver
40- Sonofabitch S2BC Helldiver
41- Dak DC3 Dakota
42- Hallibag HP Halifax
42- Turkey F-14 Tomcat
43- Maytag Messerschmit PT-22 Recruit
44- Dumbo PBY-5 Ccatalina
45- Jolly Green Giant HH-53

[Bjoern]

Aluminium death tube => F-104

Could be, since the Zipper was also known in Germany as the "coffin nail", "widowmaker" and "tent peg".

[CodyValkyrie]

Some of these names have been applied more than once to a single aircraft. I have heard reference for example of an F4U being called a "hog," "hose nose" and "ensign eliminator." A-10 the same thing.

I have heard BUFF used for some bombers. It is usually applied to the B-52, but I have heard it in reference to the B-17 and B-29, and even the B-36, in which cases it was simply a name applied to any large bomber.

BTW, I have heard reference of the 104 being called the "lawn dart."

[3/7charlie]

I think we've about nailed it down So, heres my list and explinations. Feel free to pick it apart,but I think my sources are pretty solid.
Like I said. Lots of overlap, so I've gonewith the most commom usages. Who posts the Next list?

1- SLUFF -A-7 - Short little ugly fracker
2- BUFF - B-52 - Big ugly fat fracker
3- Malfunction Junction - WV-1" Warning Star"- for the load of often broken electronics.Early radar systems had an alarmingly low MTBF
4- BONE - B-ONE
5- Beak - B-2 aledgedly for the beak like profile of the nose
6- Ford - F4D Skyray F FOUR D
7- Banana - Buccaneer for its curvy, bent looking form. Also the Piaseki Horse.
8- Stoof - S TWO F
9- Hiss - ASW Seabats and early Seakings. from Helecopter, Sikorsky, Antisubmarine(HSS)
10- 'Vark - Ardvark- F-111
11- Sparkvark- EF-111
12- Aluminium death tube - The F-104
13- Ensign eliminator- Most common-the F4U
14- Led Sled- F-84- for its slow acceleration, and inability to slow down once it got going. Latter, the SR-71
15- Zip tube - F-104
16- Vibrator-Most common, the Vultee Vindicator, some times the Vultee Vengance.Also the 'Wind indicator'
17- All three dead- A3D. No ejection seats
18- Willy Fudd- WF1 AEW version of the S-2. See STOOF with a ROOF
19- Hog - F-84
20- Pig - F-111- Austrailia
21- Hummer- E-2C
22- 'Sader - F-8
23- Thud - F-105 early engine troubles,no wing. corruption of Thunderchief.'What does an engine failure sound like in a '105? THUD.'
24- Clunk- CF-100 'Canuck' early engine trouble/icing. What sound does a CF-100 make? CLUNK
25- Drut- F3D, Vietnam. Reference to the age and condition of the aircraft. Mirror of TURD
26- Zipper- F-104
27- Hose nose- F4U
28- Scooter- A-4
29- Wimpy - Vickers Wellington. From popeye's hungry freind- J. Wellington Wimpy
30- Shagbat- Supermarine Walrus
31- Middle River Stump-Jummper- A B-26 modified by Martin to test bicycle landing gear. The factory was in Middle River, Maryland.
32- Hoover/ War-Hoover- S-3 for its hoover like sound and propensity for vacuuming up FOD
33- Awl- Tu-22 From the 'AWL' like shape of the aircraft
34- Spad- Skyraider
35- Deuce- F-102
36- Tweet -T-37
37- Hun- F-100- F-one HUNdred
38- Bug-F-18
39- Beast- SB2C
40- Sonofabitch 2nd class-SB2c
41- Dak- Dakota(C-47) UK/ commonwealth.
42- Hallibag- Halifax
42- Turkey- TBM, F-14
43- Maytag Messerschmit- P-51's Maytag produced merlins under licence, and the aircraft was thought to resemble the Me-109
So much so that early machines in RAF service carried white ID bands on wings and fues.
44- Dumbo- Rescue B-17's and PBY's
45- Jolly Green Giant- SAR CH-53's Veitnam.

I have never heard a 104 driver call his mount a Widowmaker.

3/7charlie

[centuryseries]

My favourite has to be the A-3D - whoever came up with All 3 Dead!!!!! :wiggle:

[3/7charlie]

My favourite has to be the A-3D - whoever came up with All 3 Dead!!!!! :wiggle:
Black humor on the part of the air crews. No bang seats means that a cold cat or somrthing bad happening means ALL 3 DEAD. In fairness to Ed Heinnemann, the bang seats were heavy and not very effective at zero/zero in 1947 when the program started, and weight was paramount. He gave the navy a 65000 lb airplane that could carry a 10,000lb nuke off a 27charlie Essex, when the other manufacturers were trying to sell 168000lb( sea-going B-47's) that could only operate off ships that, at the time, were 10 years away and may never get built. Indeed, the USS United States, a predicessor of the Forrestal, was cancelled a week after its keel laying.
3/7charlie

[Bjoern]

I have never heard a 104 driver call his mount a Widowmaker.

Obviously never met a german Zipper driver then. :d



BTW, I have heard reference of the 104 being called the "lawn dart."

Yep. Also a nickname.


By the way, what's the best way to get hold of a Starfighter?
- Buy a patch of land and wait.
:icon_lol:



Indeed, the USS United States, a predicessor of the Forrestal, was cancelled a week after its keel laying.

Funnily enough, the last ship to bear that name so far was a frigate in the American Civil War. :d
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_United_States

[3/7charlie]

Good one Bjoern! I'd forgotten that one. I know alot of old '104 drivers. Widowmaker is veiwed
as a creation of the media. But, I make no claims to being all-knowing. Most days,I don't know
what I did yesterday!
So,How 'bout a new batch?

1- Jug
2- Tante Ju
3- Stringbag
4- Fat Albert
5- whistling outhouse
6- Great Grey Shuddering outhouse
7- Cab
8- Mudguard
9- Brick
10- warthog
11- Shar
12- Pedro
13- 'Lectricjet
14- Banjo
14- Rhino
15- Gooney bird
16- Tin Trangle
17- Molot (hammer)
18- Vomit comet
19- Tin Goose
20- Mortar Magnet
21- Twotter
22- Kerosene Converter
23- Blow Job
24- Dragmaster
25- Fastback
26- Gina
27- Luftwaffenfeuerzeug
28- Whistling Wheelbarrow
29- Dora
30- Mule
31- Naehmaschine
33- Mosquito (U.S.)
34- Kukurznik
35- Bedcheck Charlie
36- Meatbox

[Bjoern]

Jug => P-47
Tante Ju => Ju-52
Stringbag => Swordfish
Fat Albert => C-5
Brick => F-4
warthog => A-10
'Lectricjet => EF-111
Rhino => F-4
Gooney bird => C-47
Vomit comet => CV-880 or 727 (NASA edition)
Twotter => DHC-6
Kerosene Converter => CV-880(?)
Blow Job => F-102?
Fastback => F-106?
Gina => G.91
Luftwaffenfeuerzeug => He-177
Dora => Fw-190D
Naehmaschine => Po-2
Bedcheck Charlie => AC-47 (or some other nightly Ho-Chi-Minh-Trail perforator)


This is tough....without using Google.


- Edit: By the way, the F-102's nickname is "Deuce", not "Duce". ;P

[3/7charlie]

Whups! Typo. Fingers frequently get way ahead of brain. But so will a snail with a good tailwind!
Good start! Though the AC-47 was SPOOKY. Think police action, 16 years or so before the AC-47. Also cameo'd in a comedy series in the '70's.

By the way, what's the best way to get hold of a Starfighter?
- Buy a patch of land and wait.
Puts me in mind of the early days of the Harrier, when it was said that you could navigate VFR by the Harrier Wrecks!-" Wisteria Cottage?
Roight. up the lane to the crashed Harrier, turn out left at the crashed Harrier, then 3 miles on. Cant Miss it. Right next to the crashed Harrier!"




3/7charlie

[Piglet]

Isn't Fat Albert the Blue Angels support C-130?
Bedcheck Charlie was the name given to the various Commie planes that would do nusience night raids in Korea and Nam. Usually small "absolete"
light planes, like the Po-2, or AN-2. These raids usually did little damage or casualties, but did interrupt the troops' sleep, hence the term "Bedcheck Charlie"
"Blowjob" was a term given to most early jets, like P-80, 262, etc.
Then there all of the NATO codenames, like
Foxbat
Bull
Flanker
Clod
Clanker
Fishbed....
AND there are all the names for Japanese WW2 planes.
Tony
Zeke
Betty
Jack
Frank....

[3/7charlie]

I read an account once of an Air America Huey crew that shot down a NVAF An-2, The Kicker hanging out the door and blagging it with an AK-47! Thats some grit!
3/7charlie

[Motormouse]

Shar...Sea Harrier FRS 1...from the abbreviated label stencilled on its' ground support equipment @ 1982 to avoid confusion with items intended for use with the GR3 fleet..yes really..I woz there..nuff said...

Whistling Wheelbarrow..AW Argosy..from the noise (luvverly) and twin-boom layout...
ones with a radome were the Whistling T*t

Meatbox...another brit..Gloster Meteor

here's a couple more...

Budgie=?

Skoda=?


ttfn

Pete

[3/7charlie]

[QUOTE=Motormouse;188438]Shar...Sea Harrier FRS 1...from the abbreviated label stencilled on its' ground support equipment @ 1982 to avoid confusion with items intended for use with the GR3 fleet..yes really..I woz there..nuff said...


Good on ya, Mate, And well done! Got run through the Scorpion course at Lulworth, Late '83. There was this stringy, pasty grey little 'Sarnt Major from the Blues and Royals. Had to be close to 50, and that little bugger ran our arses off. Could hardly keep up with him, and I was 20 years old. Damn near killed me. Toughest bugger I've ever seen!
3/7charlie

[pttyq]

ok, here goes one, for the record...

Pedro = Spanish He 111

[Marvin Carter]

StingBag!!!

[3/7charlie]

pttyq- yep spanish 111's were pedro. Also the S-55 Sar birds in RCN service.
I was just noodling on the wartime and NATO reporting names. Odd that bombers were given female names- Betty,Nell,Val, fighters given male names. The NATO scheme, F-Fighters/Strike, B-Bombers, C-transport, M-(Misc.) Trainers, MPA's,a few Recce types (MANDRAKE) thrown in for color.H-flingwings,single syllable for pistoh(HORSE,HOUND) 2 syllables for turbine(HORMONE HELIX) with exceptions that make no sense(HIP,HIND). There is also a sylabic destinction. Jets get 2-syllable reporting names (FRESCO, BACKFIRE,CANDID) while prop driven aircraft received single syllable reporting names(BEAR,MOOSE,CLANK), and that the official direction was to not make the name 'too flattering'!
Also found it odd that IR/ICBMS are lumped in with ATGMS, naval cruise and ballistic missiles,A/S missiles,and unguided bombardment rockets(SCUD,SWATTER,SERB, SATAN,SANDBOX), with no distinction made between roles, except for FROGs(FreeRocketOverGround).
SAMS are given G names(GUIDELINE,GOA,GLADIATOR), Air to surface -K series(KIPPER, KELT,KITCHEN)
3/7charlie

[TARPSBird]

Banjo = F2H Banshee
Going back to the original list, I'm pretty sure "Vibrator" is most commonly associated with the Vultee BT-13 Valiant trainer.
How about "Two Turnin', One Burnin'" and "Type 1 Lighter"? :)

[viking3]

A few more for the mix...
Two-ton Dog Whistle =Cessna T-37
T-Bird =Lockheed T-33
Push-me Pull-you =Cessna O-2 or Cessna 337
Tin Lemon =L1011
Gonzo =CT-142 Dash8 Nav Trainer
Flying Banana =Piasecki H-21 Shawnee

[Bjoern]

Puts me in mind of the early days of the Harrier, when it was said that you could navigate VFR by the Harrier Wrecks!-" Wisteria Cottage?
Roight. up the lane to the crashed Harrier, turn out left at the crashed Harrier, then 3 miles on. Cant Miss it. Right next to the crashed Harrier!"

:d



Isn't Fat Albert the Blue Angels support C-130?

I've also heard it as a nick for the Galaxy.


Bedcheck Charlie was the name given to the various Commie planes that would do nusience night raids in Korea and Nam.

A tradition well preserved from WW2, eastern front. :icon_lol:



Skoda=?

Avia S-199?




How about "Two Turnin', One Burnin'" and "Type 1 Lighter"? :)

A6M Zero?


Someone eager enough to create an "aircraft nickname" database?

[bruce448]

"Two Turnin', One Burnin'" :)


AJ-1 Savage

2 props, 1 jet engine

[Bjoern]

AJ-1 Savage

2 props, 1 jet engine

Ah, makes sense!

[3/7charlie]

Banjo = F2H Banshee
Going back to the original list, I'm pretty sure "Vibrator" is most commonly associated with the Vultee BT-13 Valiant trainer.
How about "Two Turnin', One Burnin'" and "Type 1 Lighter"? :)


Hey TARPS. Yes, I'm sure that the valliant was called by that, but it is first attributed to Marine Corps dive bomber
pilots in contempoary accounts of the battles for Wake and Midway, where they refered to their less than effacious mounts
as Vultee Vibrators,and Vultee Wind indicator. two 'turnin and one 'burnin has got to be the Savage.(Is there an fs Savage, other than Jim Jacobsons?)
Or a Tin Goose with an engine fire? Hail the mighty MUSHMOUTHS!
Push pull, yes.One of my faves is 'skymonster' The original MixMaster was the Douglas XB-42(?)43(?). Neat plane.
Type one lighter I dont know , but there have been many 'Air Force ziggaretten lighters, but
often this was a creation of the press, like 'widow maker 'an appelation that is at odds with the usual black humor favored by aircrew,
even the dour Germans! Dont jump on me!, I'm allready in it for that one from my better half, a Rhinemaiden from Hugelsheim.She grew up
with '104 drivers and maintainers of both services as neighbors,back in the day, and has heard zip, death tube, tent peg, lawndart,
and even (Black Humor) 'Self Burial Machine', and, most often, simply '104, but never widow maker. I would suggest that any one claiming
to be a '104 driver who calls his mount widow maker, has been no close to one than a photograph. For all its flaws, and the zillion and
one ways it could it could bite you in the survival pak, it was a very well loved type.
Is Banjo just allitrtation from Banshee, or is there another story. I'd heard a reference once that, you brought your banjo along so you had something to
do while waiting for the engine to spool up! Sound like the right sort of humor, but I've never been able to confirm it.
Keep 'em comming. This is loads of fun, and we're picking up some lost gems here.
cheers! 3/7charlie

[3/7charlie]

:d




Someone eager enough to create an "aircraft nickname" database?


I think we are well on our way!

[Marvin Carter]

Forgot to put,
StingBag=Fairey Swordfish

[Bjoern]

Hugelsheim

Where?

[3/7charlie]

Where?


Little town just N/W of CFB Baden.Right on the Rhine. Big '104 base. Canadian, but lots of exchange drivers from all NATO air arms. Any one remember TIFFANY'S? ( I have to check spelling. nope. Hugelsheim) )
Or the BEER TENT? Me a service brat, too.I know a lot of '104 drivers. Thats why I'm fairly certain that this 'Widow maker' nonesense is a fabrication of media flaks, as is the old hack 'missile with a man in it' P.R. office stuff

[TARPSBird]

"Two Turnin', One Burnin'" = the AJ Savage.
"Type 1 Lighter" was the nickname Japanese Navy aircrews gave to the G4M Betty, in reference to its combustibility when shot at. :icon_lol: A corruption of the official IJN "Type 1 Bomber" designation.
Never heard any stories of how the F2H Banshee got nicknamed "Banjo", maybe just a variation of the name.

[3/7charlie]

"Two Turnin', One Burnin'" = the AJ Savage.
"Type 1 Lighter" was the nickname Japanese Navy aircrews gave to the G4M Betty, in reference to its combustibility when shot at. :icon_lol: A corruption of the official IJN "Type 1 Bomber" designation.
Never heard any stories of how the F2H Banshee got nicknamed "Banjo", maybe just a variation of the name.

Its a great image,though, Granpaw Petibone picking and grinning in the cockpit while waiting on the shuttle!

[scotsman]

Also a well known name for the F-104 G was "Trittbrettrakete" (i.e. rocket with running boards)

Mike

[Bjoern]

Little town just N/W of CFB Baden.Right on the Rhine. Big '104 base. Canadian, but lots of exchange drivers from all NATO air arms. Any one remember TIFFANY'S? ( I have to check spelling. nope. Hugelsheim) )

For some unknown reason, I thought you were messing with me and made this "Hugelsheim" up, as it sounds like a name of a fictional german township that only native english speakers could come up with. Similar to "Kugelstadt" in Return To Castle Wolfenstein.

That's why I've asked.


P.S: Yes, I'm lacking a few litres of kerosene in my think tank up there. But that's okay, fuel is too expensive nowadays anyways.

:icon_lol:

[3/7charlie]

Pretty little town. A lot quieter, these days, than back when Starfighters flew. They grow some great weiss spargle there, and the fisher teams beer tent is the stuff of legend, though the climb up the hill to get home at night is pretty rough with a full load on!
Uderstand the braingas thing. Mines erratic as hell. Got it cheap at a war surplus outlet!

[Bjoern]

Pretty little town. A lot quieter, these days, than back when Starfighters flew.

Isn't CFB Baden used as a commercial airport now?



They grow some great weiss spargle there, and the fisher teams beer tent is the stuff of legend, though the climb up the hill to get home at night is pretty rough with a full load on!

Not the flattest terrain in that area indeed.

Lived in the Rhein-Neckar area for eleven years. Was lucky enough though for not having to climb any hills on my way home. :icon_lol:



Uderstand the braingas thing. Mines erratic as hell. Got it cheap at a war surplus outlet!

I think a good part of mine was guzzled away by the Bundeswehr and that darn Leopard 2.

[Helldiver]

In all the time I was in the Navy, I never heard anyone ever call the Helldiver, "Son of a bitch 2nd class". This came out much later after the war. - It's too much of a mouthful.
It was always the "Beast" or the "Two-Cee" but never that ficticious name that some writer, who wasn't even born during the war, came up with.

[Lateral-G]

I got to thinking about the names that aircaft receive from their makers, and purchasers, versus
the names given by their aircrews and maintainers. Thought it might make for an interesting
thread/ quiz, so- here's is a short list of cant names for some aircraft, see if you can
name the plane, and add any you know of! Some have been used on different aircraft, some aircraft attract multiple
names depending on era and opperator. If you know the origin of the handle, do tell! Some are well known,
some are obscure.
1- SLUFF A-7
2- BUFF B-52
3- Malfunction Junction
4- BONE B-1
5- Beak
6- Ford Skyray
7- Banana H-21
8- Stoof S-2
9- Hiss
10- 'Vark F-111
11- Sparkvark EF-111
12- Aluminium death tube
13- Ensign eliminator
14- Led Sled SR-71
15- Zip tube
16- Vibrator BT-13
17- All three dead
18- Willy Fudd F-1 tracer (STOOF with a ROOF)
19- Hog A-10
20- Pig
21- Hummer
22- 'Sader
23- Thud F-105
24- Clunk
25- Drut
26- Zipper
27- Hose nose
28- Scooter A-4 Skyhawk
29- Wimpy
30- Shagbat
31- Middle River Stump-Jumper
32- Hoover/ War-Hoover S-3 Viking
33- Awl
34- Spad A-1 Skyraider
35- Duce F-102
36- Tweet A-37
37- Hun F-100
38- Bug F-18
39- Beast SB2C Helldiver
40- Sonofabitch 2nd class
41- Dak
42- Hallibag
42- Turkey
43- Maytag Messerschmit
44- Dumbo
45- Jolly Green Giant HH-53


Have fun
3/7charlie

My answers in red.

-G-

[Lateral-G]

Forgot to put,
StingBag=Fairey Swordfish

It's actually "stringbag' :kilroy:

-G-

[Helldiver]

The Type 1 Lighter was the Betty Bomber and the Ronson was the PBM

[Marvin Carter]

Thanks wasn't sure if it was string or sting!!!