Aircraft's loving nicknames

[Harrier Dude]

Not meaning to flame on the OP.

I have heard other rotary communities refer to the Prog as

Two palm trees doing obscene acts with a dempsty dumpster ...

This is an INSULT........




....to palm trees and dumpsters.

 

[phrogdriver]

At the RAG we called it the MH-60S the Chicken Hawk for a little while. ....

Isn't a "chickenhawk" a slang term for an old gay guy who picks young guys up? Perhaps it is appropos...or not.

 

[ea6bflyr]

US-3: Miss Piggy

-ea6bflyr

 

[squeeze]

Not meaning to flame on the OP.

I have heard other rotary communities refer to the Prog as

Two palm trees doing obscene acts with a dempsty dumpster ...

Probably because they're always spread and broken on the tram.

 

[phrogpilot73]

Probably because they're always spread and broken on the tram.

On behalf of my entire community, I apologize for cutting into your 0.8 of flight time.

 

[HuggyU2]

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.

Swanee, I came across this post from 2008. Thought I'd add on to it.

On Thursday, I took the only flying A-37 in North America into the air for the first time in 9 months. She flew great! Did a couple maintenance flights, then took her to Idaho where she will be for the summer.

This one is unique in that it was delivered to the South Vietnamese and flew about 2200 hours in combat with them. When the south was overrun, the commies captured it... and then THEY flew it for a while until they ran out of parts. It ended up in Australia and finally the US after the current owner bought it and began his 20+ year restoration. It looks EXACTLY how it looked in Vietnam.

We may have it at EAA Oshkosh Sunday-Thursday, so stop by and say hi if you end up there.

 

[sevenhelmet]

Swanee, I came across this post from 2008. Thought I'd add on to it.

On Thursday, I took the only flying A-37 in North America into the air for the first time in 9 months. She flew great! Did a couple maintenance flights, then took it to Idaho where it will be for the summer.

This one is unique in that it was delivered to the South Vietnamese and flew about 2200 hours in combat with them. When the south was overrun, the commies captured it... and then THEY flew it for a while until they ran out of parts. It ended up in Australia and finally the US after the current owner bought it and began his 20+ year restoration. It looks EXACTLY how it looked in Vietnam.

We may have it at EAA Oshkosh Sunday-Thursday, so stop by and say hi if you end up there.

What a history… That must have been one hell of a ferry flight.

 

[Swanee]

Swanee, I came across this post from 2008. Thought I'd add on to it.

On Thursday, I took the only flying A-37 in North America into the air for the first time in 9 months. She flew great! Did a couple maintenance flights, then took it to Idaho where it will be for the summer.

This one is unique in that it was delivered to the South Vietnamese and flew about 2200 hours in combat with them. When the south was overrun, the commies captured it... and then THEY flew it for a while until they ran out of parts. It ended up in Australia and finally the US after the current owner bought it and began his 20+ year restoration. It looks EXACTLY how it looked in Vietnam.

We may have it at EAA Oshkosh Sunday-Thursday, so stop by and say hi if you end up there.View attachment 40631View attachment 40632

Very cool!

 

[Hair Warrior]

The V-22 has to get a good unofficial name,

V-22: Vertibird

IYKYK ☢️

 

[CommodoreMid]

Is 16 years the new thread resurrection record?

 

[HuggyU2]

 

[Waveoff]

Swanee, I came across this post from 2008. Thought I'd add on to it.

On Thursday, I took the only flying A-37 in North America into the air for the first time in 9 months. She flew great! Did a couple maintenance flights, then took her to Idaho where she will be for the summer.

This one is unique in that it was delivered to the South Vietnamese and flew about 2200 hours in combat with them. When the south was overrun, the commies captured it... and then THEY flew it for a while until they ran out of parts. It ended up in Australia and finally the US after the current owner bought it and began his 20+ year restoration. It looks EXACTLY how it looked in Vietnam.

We may have it at EAA Oshkosh Sunday-Thursday, so stop by and say hi if you end up there.View attachment 40631View attachment 40632

There's one of these outside CSL Comalapa in El Salvador. Always wanted to see one up close in and person. Looks like it has a very roomy cockpit (even if that is not the case). I certainly miss the times of side by side cockpits in tactical aircraft.

 

[hlg6016]

The bird sits so low you think you are looking into a sports car. No boarding ladder needed.

 

[AIRMMCPORET]

P-8 Poseidon.

Any slang terms yet?

 

[Griz882]

P-8 Poseidon.

Any slang terms yet?

We could make some up.

For the guys who studied the Classics, “Boeing’s Boeotian Bomber.”

The two-engined trident.

MAX Pain.

The Poseidon Adventure.

Twin Engne Torp Truck (TETT for short).

OK…I’ll stop.