First flight of the P-8A Poseidon and all things related to transition

[PropStop]

MMA Naming

around the squadron I've seen sheets posted up asking squadron members to provide name ideas for the Boeing MMA 737. I don't yet know if the designation will be "P-7" or what, but there are some creative names and i'd like to see what you all think.

already seen:
Per Diem Bus
Orion II (totally gay)
Pelican

I've put up
Poseidon
Airline Transition Platform (ATP for short)

What do you all think?

 

[Fly Navy]

Zab-Mobile

 

[beau]

STJ-8 Retirer. Southwest (airlines) Transition Jet and the 8 for the max number of years the guy will stay in the Navy! and retirer speaks for itself

 

[zab1001]

Zab-Mobile

yeah I wish...no way I'll ever get to fly one of those...rage....

"Poseidon" ALMOST sounds cool...but then I get images of "The Poseidon Adventure", ernest borgnine and all..

somewhere I heard "Trident", but that name's taken...

 

[Jolly Roger]

yeah I wish...no way I'll ever get to fly one of those...rage....

"Poseidon" ALMOST sounds cool...but then I get images of "The Poseidon Adventure", ernest borgnine and all..

somewhere I heard "Trident", but that name's taken...

Posieden was taken (SLICBM). Maybe Neptune? But some was ass will name it after Uranus.

 

[PropStop]

"Sea Lord" would be cool...had i not been in corpus...

"Boomer Banger"....?

 

[zab1001]

well, then it'd be a legacy name, since the original Neptune was the P-2

man i sincerely hope they DO NOT call it Orion II, I think Boeing will want to avoid that anyway, too much of a Lockheed connotation

 

[Jolly Roger]

well, then it'd be a legacy name, since the original Neptune was the P-2

man i sincerely hope they DO NOT call it Orion II, I think Boeing will want to avoid that anyway, too much of a Lockheed connotation

Then they would avoid Netune, too. The original P-2V Neptune was also made by Lockheed.

Besides Orion II sounds gay.

 

[Dunedan]

The Buzzard

 

[NozeMan]

.....the Puffin......

 

[El Cid]

How about P-7 Atlas?

More appropriate (if sticking with mythological referrences) Bacchus "god of wine and parties"

 

[CavemanOgg]

............................

 

[El Cid]

Hippo

looks fat and dumb, but prolly pretty tough

Are you kidding me?
:icon_long
She looks sleek, tough and up to date. A bird that is state of the art and more than capable of doing its job! :thumbup_1

 

[CavemanOgg]

I agree, it looks awsome, especially with those hard points. But who can look at it and not think of its roots "wow, thats one tough 737 passenger plane." although i guess its military roots in whatever the P-3 does are pretty amazing too. it could be the "trojan" (deceiving) although thats already taken.

how are aircraft usually named? do they take opinions from those serving and flying them? or is it the manufacturer? F-16 pilots use different lingo for it than the official name.... any current Navy planes have nicknames from those who fly them?

 

[Fly Navy]

I agree, it looks awsome, especially with those hard points. But who can look at it and not think of its roots "wow, thats one tough 737 passenger plane." although i guess its military roots in whatever the P-3 does are pretty amazing too. it could be the "trojan" (deceiving) although thats already taken.

Where the hell do you think the P-3 came from? A magic new design. It was derived from an airliner as well.