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Aircraft's loving nicknames

Mumbles said:
^ Never heard an A-7 called anything other than SLUF...
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Sorry forgot to mention this was just around our house when I was little, mom and dad called it a flying cigar when he started flying hornets, thought it'd be funny to share. :D
 
kurtzie21 said:
Sorry forgot to mention this was just around our house when I was little, mom and dad called it a flying cigar when he started flying hornets, thought it'd be funny to share. :D
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Thanks for sharing! They were stubbier and smaller than an F-8…. So your nickname makes sense.:)

Steve
 
MH-60S = Knighthawk ... according to Sikorsky, it's still a Seahawk, but in reference to the CH-46 SeaKnight, the HSC community calls it the Knighthawk ...
 
UH-1 "Huey"

Now I believe that's the official name. It used to be "Iroquois," after an Indian tribe, like all other Army helos. Formerly the "HU-1," guys called it the "Huey."

The V-22 has to get a good unofficial name, too. "Devil's Whirlybird" doesn't cut it.

My boat roommate used to call his -46 the "Whistling Shitcan of Death," which I always found funny, even at the time.
 
IIRC the old man called the A-37 the Dragonfly, even thought the AF called it the Super Tweet... or maybe it was the other way around; either way he says it was his all time favorite airplane to fly.
 
BlkPny said:
A-1 Skyraider - Spad
A-3 Skywarrior - Whale
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Actually, I believe "Spad" was a term for just the single seat version. Spad = Single pilot AD.The Navy originally designated them AD-1,2,3,4, etc. all carrying the "skyraider" official name. I believe other terms like "Sandy" were missions just like the "wild weasel" SEAD mission that belonged to the F-100, F-4, F-16 etc.

F-117 nighthawk "stinkbug"
F-4 phantom II was the original "Rhino"
 
The Chief said:
Nit Pick = Connie

and of course the most famous

C-121 = Willie Victor
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I believe it was just the Navy that referred to them as Willie Victors, since they were designated WV-1/2's by only the Navy before 1962.

Then again, I wasn't around when they were still a twinkle in Howard Hughes' eye. ;)
 
Swanee said:
IIRC the old man called the A-37 the Dragonfly, even thought the AF called it the Super Tweet... or maybe it was the other way around; either way he says it was his all time favorite airplane to fly.
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I thought the "Tweet" nickname just referred to the training version--T-37. Dragonfly was the official name for the attack version.
 
Swanee said:
IIRC the old man called the A-37 the Dragonfly, even thought the AF called it the Super Tweet... or maybe it was the other way around; either way he says it was his all time favorite airplane to fly.
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Phrogdriver is right, it's the other way around.
 
Some others, mebbe some repeats:

A-3 = Whale, All 3 Dead, Whistling Shitcan

A-4 = Bantam Bomber, Mighty Mite, Tinker Toy

A-6 = Tadpole, Iron Tadpole, Drumstick, Dogship

A-7 = FLUF (a variation on SLUF) and Fruit Fly (look at it on the PLAT and you'll understand)

AC-47 = PUFF (the Magic Dragon)

E-1 = STOOF with a ROOF

F-4 = Smokey

F-8 = Crud, Ensign Eater, MIG Master

T-2 w/ guns = ATTACK GUPPY

ENSIGN EATER = More than just the low-slung F-8 intake on that particular bird -- as just about every "tough to land" aircraft to come along since the F4U Crusader had the moniker of "Ensign Eater" somewhere in its history ... when I was in it was attributed to the new NUGGET Ensigns getting an F-8 or RF-8 seat w/ the problems inherent in assigning inexperienced Aviators to fly an aircraft that was a handful to land. :)
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