Thanks for the additional B17 was also nicknamed aluminium overcast as well as B52 - including it seems...58&pos=20 I quite accidentally came across an additional nickname list that may be of interest to everyone - as... Will get back to it later tonight. http://www.chairforce.com/af101/fact-sheets/aircraft-nicknames.pdf Have a good day everyone Graham Roma, Queensland,AU [I'm not a...

... Aluminium Overcast (or any other a/c of that scale) Wrong. The "aluminium overcast" was the B-36 (Peacemaker) - ONLY. ONLY? <sigh> People are free to call any aircraft anything at any time they fancy as I've already pointed out with the multiple copy-cat Fat Alberts. So it is entirely possible (as Graham points out) there may well have been more than one ...

...> B52: Aluminium Overcast (or any other a/c of that scale) Wrong. The "aluminium overcast" was the B-36 (Peacemaker) - ONLY. ONLY? <sigh> People are free to call any aircraft anything at any time they fancy as I've already pointed out with the multiple copy-cat Fat Alberts. So it is entirely possible (as Graham points out) there may well have been more than one "aluminium ...

...other a/c of that scale) Most of these nicknames I have seen for the first time - ... BN 2A Trislander: Try Harder, Bloody Nice Aircraft (!), Clockwork TriStar CA-15 Winjeel: The Ginwheel ...DHC 4 Caribou: The Gravel Truck ("The only aircraft known to man that could suffer a birdstrike ...(seems like you spend more time rebooting the aircraft than actually flying it), Bendy Jet, Emb180...

... then they are hardly qualify as nicknames. Witty comments in a crew room ... hardly a qualifies as a classic nickname in the way that say Gooney ... 2A Trislander: Try Harder, Bloody Nice Aircraft (!), Clockwork TriStar CA-15 Winjeel: The...Caribou: The Gravel Truck ("The only aircraft known to man that could suffer ...you spend more time rebooting the aircraft than actually flying it), Bendy Jet...

..., Slander, Bongo BN 2A Trislander: Try Harder, Bloody Nice Aircraft (!), Clockwork TriStar CA-15 Winjeel: The Ginwheel Casa: Christ A ..., Chukmonk. DHC 4 Caribou: The Gravel Truck ("The only aircraft known to man that could suffer a birdstrike from behind".) ... 98 Plane (seems like you spend more time rebooting the aircraft than actually flying it), Bendy Jet, Emb180 (taxi to ...

... Wheels, Slander, Bongo BN 2A Trislander: Try Harder, Bloody Nice Aircraft (!), Clockwork TriStar CA-15 Winjeel: The Ginwheel Casa: Christ A ...Chippie, Chukmonk. DHC 4 Caribou: The Gravel Truck ("The only aircraft known to man that could suffer a birdstrike from behind".) ... 98 Plane (seems like you spend more time rebooting the aircraft than actually flying it), Bendy Jet, Emb180 (taxi to the...

Brian wrote: This was sent to me in an email. Quite funny :) Anybody know any others not listed here? Brian === Have I mised these? I would have thought that the most famous of all is the "Dak". And is "Tigerschmitt" purely local to WA? JW² ===

"TacAN" <apox@on.both.your.houses> wrote in news:Xulpi.11218$4A1.10750@news-server.bigpond.net.au: B52: Aluminium Overcast (or any other a/c of that scale) Wrong. The "aluminium overcast" was the B-36 (Peacemaker) - ONLY.

On Jul 23, 7:49 am, Scenic <sc...@view.wiz.au> wrote: BernieFlyer wrote: What a great list. Somebody with too much time on their hands?? Beech A23 Musketeer (and variations) "The Mouse" (Mouseketeer from the M O U S E days of Annette Funicello et al). Also the Ansett B737-200s were called "Fat Albert" as far as I remember as well. I think you'll find it was...