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Group: aus.aviation · Group Profile · Search for Aircraft Nicknames in aus.aviation
Author: TacAN
Date: Jul 24, 2007 16:23

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...
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Author: Peter Fanelli
Date: Jul 24, 2007 18:35

... 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 ...
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Author: Ned
Date: Jul 24, 2007 18:15

...> 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 ...
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Author: TacAN
Date: Jul 24, 2007 04:36

...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...
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Author: Ned
Date: Jul 23, 2007 05:44

... 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...
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Author: BernieFlyer
Date: Jul 22, 2007 05:56

..., 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 ...
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Author: Brian
Date: Jul 22, 2007 05:01

... 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...
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Author: jw²
Date: Jul 25, 2007 17:32

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 ===
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Author: ventus45
Date: Jul 24, 2007 15:11

"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.
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Author: Ned
Date: Jul 23, 2007 05:51

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...
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