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Article #698Re: Unflattering descriptions
From: Doug Bloomberg
Date: Sat, 02 Jan 1993 23:26
Date: Sat, 02 Jan 1993 23:26
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In article <alien.026m@acheron.amigans.gen.nz> alien@acheron.amigans.gen.nz (Ross Smith) writes: >I'm trying to compile a list of the more, shall we say, unflattering >descriptions that have been applied to various aircraft over the years. >Does anyone know any good ones? The short list I've been able to recall >myself goes something like this ... sources omitted to protect the >guilty :-) > >Buccaneer : "The Banana Bomber." (The prototype was given the codename ARNA >(A Royal Navy Aircraft), and "Blackburn ARNA" soon became "Black Banana".) > >E-3 Sentry : "A Boeing 707 being raped by a flying saucer." > > etc. Beech Bonanza "Forktailed Doctor Killer" Doug Bloomberg V-35B N8171R
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!wupost!uwm.edu!ogicse!das-news.harvard.edu!spdcc!merk!alliant!doug From: doug@alliant.com (Doug Bloomberg) Newsgroups: sci.aeronautics Subject: Re: Unflattering descriptions Summary: Aircraft nicknames Message-ID: <1993Jan2.232620.10377@alliant.com> Date: 2 Jan 93 23:26:20 GMT Article-I.D.: alliant.1993Jan2.232620.10377 References: <alien.026m@acheron.amigans.gen.nz> Organization: Alliant Computer Systems Corp. Lines: 18