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Author: BrianBrian Date: Jul 22, 2007 05:01
This was sent to me in an email. Quite funny :)
Anybody know any others not listed here?
Brian
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A10: Warthog
A319: Microbus
A320: MiniBus, NintendoJet, ScareBus, Chainsaw, Deathjet, Freddie Kruegers
wet dream, Toulouse Grasscutter, The Strimmer
(What's the difference between an A320 and a beaver...
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Author: BernieFlyerBernieFlyer Date: Jul 22, 2007 05:56
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.
BAE 146 known as "Bring Another Engine".
Bernie
Bernard Samms
www.acst.com.au
"Brian" wrote in message news:f7vgur$dm4$1@aioe.org...> This was sent to me in an email. Quite funny :)
> Anybody know any others not listed here...
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Author: ScenicScenic Date: Jul 22, 2007 14:49
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 the Boeing 737 in general; only the -200 because,
at the time, that was the only variant.
> BAE 146 known as "Bring Another Engine".
Isn't that what he's already said?
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Author: NedNed Date: Jul 23, 2007 05:44
On Jul 22, 10:01 pm, nos...@usenet.fake (Brian) wrote:
> This was sent to me in an email. Quite funny :)
> Anybody know any others not listed here?
>
> Brian
Good post Brian - even if some of them, such as the A320 seem more
than
a little contrived rather than generally accepted nicks.
When the Bae-146 has some 20+ names attached then they are hardly
qualify as nicknames. Witty comments in a crew room or bar room
perhaps
- but if it has no enduring acceptance, recognition or usage then it
hardly a qualifies as a classic nickname in the way that say Gooney
Bird does.
The Essendon Bristol Freighters (APEC?) were Frighteners - not
Freighteners. Especially after one lost a wing in Central Australia.
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Author: CoopCoop Date: Jul 23, 2007 05:45
On Mon, 23 Jul 2007 09:06:24 +1000, "BernieFlyer"
westnet.com.au> wrote:
>Ah, so he did. 16 lashes for me.
The Spruce Goose: "Plywood Overcast"
Also used to refer to Smithy's Southern Cross. Having lived under the
flight path at Parafield where I saw the replica on many occasions, I
could see why. You heard it coming ages before it finally dragged
itself into view.
Pilatus Glider: "The tin balloon"
I've also heard Austers being referred to as "Hovercraft". I have no
idea why.... :-)
Coop
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Author: NedNed Date: Jul 23, 2007 05:51
On Jul 23, 7:49 am, Scenic 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 the Boeing 737 in general; only the -200 because,
> at the time, that was the only variant.
And I think you'll find that was just yet another of the many copycat
"Fat Albert" rip-offs from folk who lacked imagination, originality
and wit..
The original was the B-747-100. See for example the Braniff model in
Udvar-Hazy aka The Flying Pumpkin.
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Author: TacANTacAN Date: Jul 24, 2007 04:36
B52: Aluminium Overcast (or any other a/c of that scale)
Most of these nicknames I have seen for the first time - very good list to
have - thanks.
--
Graham
Roma, Queensland,AU
[I'm not a complete idiot - parts of me are missing.]
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Author: ventus45ventus45 Date: Jul 24, 2007 15:11
> 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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