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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
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Ross Smith (alien@acheron.amigans.gen.nz) wrote:
: 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."
: 
: F-4 Phantom : "So ugly I thought they'd delivered it upside down."
: 
: F-15 Eagle : "Living proof of the American theory that even a brick will
: fly if you hang enough engines on it."
: 
: F-104 Starfighter : "A missile with a man in it."
: 
: F-117 : "The first aircraft designed by electrical engineers."
: 
: Mitsubishi G4M : "The one-shot lighter." (A Japanese bomber of WW2, with a
: habit of catching fire at the slightest provocation.)
: 
: Tu-95 Bear : "A triumph of brute force over the laws of aerodynamics."
: 
: Any more? (The above are all military planes, but I'm interested in civilian
: examples too.)
: 
: --
: ...... Ross Smith (Wanganui, NZ) ...... alien@acheron.amigans.gen.nz ......
: 
A-7 Corsair - "SLUF" - Slow Little Ugly Fucker. 

A-10 Thunderbolt II - Warthog('nuff said).

DC-3/A-47 - Flying Taxi.

A-1 Skyraider - Flying Dump Truck.

B-26 Marauder - Widow Maker.

F-105 Thundercheif - THUD.

B-24 Liberator - Flying Boxcar.

F-16 Falcon - Electric Jet.


I hope you don't mind the vugarity in my first example, but we are dealing
with military aircraft.  I've been in and around aviation ever since I was
knee high to an olio strut so I'd be interested in any more names/descrip-
tions that anyone can come up with.  I'll keep scratching my head and 
searching my archives for anything that I can add to this list.

Jerry

"It riles them to beleive that you perceive the web they weave and keep on
thinking free! -- Moody Blues

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: 

> A-7 Corsair - "SLUF" - Slow Little Ugly Fucker. 
> 
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Don't foret

B-52 Stratofortress - "BUFF" - Big Ugly Fat Fucker.

I'm sure you'll get lots of responses with this one.


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The Westland Watipi was often called the "Whatapity" by those unfortunate
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In article <1993Jan4.120010.5708@mr.med.ge.com> szopinsk@picard.med.ge.com (Jerry Szopinski Mfg 4-6983) writes:

   B-26 Marauder - Widow Maker.

AKA "The Baltimore Whore" (because it had "no visible means of support", an
                          old legalism for proving prostitution -- pilots were
                          leary of the short narrow chord wing, and Martin was 
                          in Baltimore)

I've also heard "One a Day in Tampa Bay".  Transition training was in Florida
and they had a lot of accidents.

-- mike

Here's one I got from my son in the Navy:

A-6 Intruder - The Flying Pig
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The F-4 Phantom was also known as The Rhino, because it was in fact
as ugly as a rhinocerous.


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In <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."

>F-4 Phantom : "So ugly I thought they'd delivered it upside down."

>F-15 Eagle : "Living proof of the American theory that even a brick will
>fly if you hang enough engines on it."

>F-104 Starfighter : "A missile with a man in it."

Also described as a pregnant hatpin on a razor blade. Known in the
RCAF as the widow-maker.

>F-117 : "The first aircraft designed by electrical engineers."

>Mitsubishi G4M : "The one-shot lighter." (A Japanese bomber of WW2, with a
>habit of catching fire at the slightest provocation.)

>Tu-95 Bear : "A triumph of brute force over the laws of aerodynamics."

>Any more? (The above are all military planes, but I'm interested in civilian
>examples too.)

Well, old geezers like me remember the GeeBee Racer, can't remember any
unflattering names, but it was basically a humungous radial engine with
an extremely short body and wings - your basic bumble bee.

The the WWII Bell Aircobra known as the Iron Dog - suitable for slow,
wide circles.

There was also a Martin twin engined bomber that I think they called
the Flying Coffin. They say the Florida gulf is full of them.

There is a humpbacked biplane they use for cropdusting. Ugliest thing
I ever saw, but it flies. Can't remember who builds it.


>--
>...... Ross Smith (Wanganui, NZ) ...... alien@acheron.amigans.gen.nz ......

>"I blame you for the moonlit sky and the dream that died with the Eagle's flight
>I blame you for the moonlit nights when I wonder why are the seas still dry
>Don't blame me, sleeping satellite"                              (Tasmin Archer)

Bob
>--

In article <MTANNER.93Jan5125110@gmuvax2.gmu.edu> mtanner@gmuvax2.gmu.edu (Michael C. Tanner) writes:
>In article <1993Jan4.120010.5708@mr.med.ge.com> szopinsk@picard.med.ge.com (Jerry Szopinski Mfg 4-6983) writes:
>
>   B-26 Marauder - Widow Maker.
>
>AKA "The Baltimore Whore" (because it had "no visible means of support", an
>                          old legalism for proving prostitution -- pilots were
>                          leary of the short narrow chord wing, and Martin was 
>                          in Baltimore)
>
>I've also heard "One a Day in Tampa Bay".  Transition training was in Florida
>and they had a lot of accidents.

Once they got into combat, though, the B-26 had one of, if not *the*, lowest
combat loss rate for bombers during the war.











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In article <bob1.726333584@cos> bob1@cos.com (Bob Blackshaw) writes:
>
>There is a humpbacked biplane they use for cropdusting. Ugliest thing
>I ever saw, but it flies. Can't remember who builds it.

Grumman AgCat.

Once proposed to the Army as a close-support aircraft.  It was (is)
rugged, could carry a good load, and is very maneuverable.

Just try to get any general to sign off on buying a biplane in the
age of jet aircraft, though...



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In article <lkmemtINNe38@appserv.Eng.Sun.COM> fiddler@concertina.Eng.Sun.COM (steve hix) writes:
>Grumman AgCat.
>
>Once proposed to the Army as a close-support aircraft.  It was (is)
>rugged, could carry a good load, and is very maneuverable.
>
>Just try to get any general to sign off on buying a biplane in the
>age of jet aircraft, though...
>
Well, there is a re-engined AgCat that operates from the field I often fly from
that sports a turbine up front. The long pointy nose looks a lot better than the
fat lump that graced the front before surgery. It's a lot quieter too.

The worlds first (turbo) jet biplane?

news@massey.ac.nz (USENET News System) writes:

>In article <lkmemtINNe38@appserv.Eng.Sun.COM> fiddler@concertina.Eng.Sun.COM (steve hix) writes:
>>Grumman AgCat.
>Well, there is a re-engined AgCat that operates from the field I often fly from
>that sports a turbine up front. The long pointy nose looks a lot better than the
>fat lump that graced the front before surgery. It's a lot quieter too.

>The worlds first (turbo) jet biplane?

I've seen pictures of a Polish cropduster biplane that was a real jet, not a
turboprop.  The idea was that Kerosene is a lot easier to come by in Eastern
Europe than av-gas.


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pt@geovision.gvc.com (Paul Tomblin) writes:

>>The worlds first (turbo) jet biplane?

>I've seen pictures of a Polish cropduster biplane that was a real jet, not a
>turboprop.  

I believe it was called the Belphegor, or something similar.
Quite likely the ugliest plane ever built.

>The idea was that Kerosene is a lot easier to come by in Eastern
>Europe than av-gas.

But why a *jet*? Turboprops don't run on avgas.
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janm@minsk.docs.uu.se

In article <1993Jan6.134850.27749@texhrc.uucp>, lbs@texhrc.uucp (Lindy Sisk) writes:
> The F-4 Phantom was also known as The Rhino, because it was in fact
> as ugly as a rhinocerous.

     One time in Turkey, calling in target for the valley below us

we had a pair of Phantoms grace us.

I thought they were beautiful. F14's, 15's 18's,... A10's seam pale

in comparison. Each to his own.

In <1993Jan6.134850.27749@texhrc.uucp> lbs@texhrc.uucp (Lindy Sisk) writes:
> The F-4 Phantom was also known as The Rhino [...]

I have also heard it called a "brick" or "slick brick" by a friend who
did time in Viet Nam.  This was because the F-4 demonstrated the theory
that, given enough power, even a brick could be made to fly.

-john-

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