Boeing 737 nickname "Fluff"

[Panama Jack]

I have known for years that the nickname for the Boeing 737 is "Fluff."

And until today I ask myself how it came to be known as such. Anybody?

[alexban]

Never heard of fluff, but heard many times 737 called Boby , supposed to come from baby boeing...heard most often in Germany.

[Rainboe]

Fat Little Ugly Fellow. Except now it's not little anymore- in fact the -900 is huge! 757 killer
Rainboe (737 -9 years)

[MPH]

How about 'Fat Albert"?:)

[Wycombe]

In the reggie no. collecting community it was known for years as the "pig".

That nickname dates from the days when there were only the short, dumpy little "classics".

[flyboyike]

I've heard "guppy".

[Graybeard]

I think it derives from the BUFF, Big Ugly Fat Fellow - the 747, and the C-5A.

I've more often heard SLUFF, Slow Little Ugly Fat Fellow. The first 25, the 737-100, were even shorter than the -200, I believe.

Then, in honor of the Ford Tri-Motor, there's the Boeing Tri-Motor, 727, and the Douglas Tri-Motor, DC-10.

I've heard the MD-80 called the Pecker.

GB

[blue up]

Britannia called their 737-200s "SCUDS" and the -300 was the "SUPER SCUD"
Noisy, underpowered and not guaranteed to hit their target!:E :E

Now it is referred to as the "Gypsy Jet" or "The Light Twin Fleet":ok:

[enicalyth]

Well I never knew the last eff in BUFF stood for "fellow". What innocent chaps you all are.

[Bad Robot]

Even back in the ealy 70's I had heard them called "Flying Pigs".

BR.

[FLCH]

I heard Fluff stands for Fat Little Ugly Flying (insert expletive starting with the letter F)

As far as nicknames for planes my all time favorite is the Trident.... also known as "The Gripper"

[Desert Diner]

I've heard them refered to as "little cigar" a few times.

[boredcounter]

In my last pax outfit, the BUFF crew christened the 'Barbie Jet' fleet SCUD and SUPERSCUD. Thats what the graffitti on the noice board said anyways.
Still, days gone by now I work with 'Stick Incects'.
No matter what type or model, they are ladies at the start of the shift, ladies when the shift ends, pet names are down to the individual reg.
Bored
Thought BUFF was B52

[galaxy flyer]

C5 was the FRED F****G Riidiculous Economic Disaster

[Capn Bloggs]

A Buff IS a B-52. 737=Maggot.

[mainwheel]

In godzone the B737-200 was "Fat Albert" which I think came with it from the US of A. The -300 and 400 were called "Thin Albert". The origin is a mystery, to me.

[Anotherflapoperator]

Fat Albert is a C130 surely?

[john_tullamarine]

... indeed, galaxy flyer ... and 'twas great to catch up with you the other day at the show ...

ex FLUF driver ...

[TopBunk]

... and since when has the 737-3/4/5 been the 'Classic'. The Classic always was the -200. Very hurt about the theft...

ex Classic Fluf pilot

[monkey lover]

Heres some names we used

707 - Bong
737 - Pig
747 - Lump
757 - Stork
767 - Slug

[barit1]

PSA (early 732 operator) called it "Fat Albert". :cool:

[Graybeard]

Topbunk: "... and since when has the 737-3/4/5 been the 'Classic'. The Classic always was the -200. Very hurt about the theft... ex Classic Fluf pilot"

Avionics people have called the 737-3/4/5, 757, 767 the Neo-Classics.

[CaptainSandL]

I thought the convention was:

1/200 - Originals
3/4/500 - Classics
6/7/8/900 - NGs

Other names here (http://www.b737.org.uk/aircraftnicknames.htm)

S&L

[TopBunk]

Capnsandl

I think you are wrong. When there were no 737NG's, the -200 was the classic (or jurassic to some). I believe that the 'Classic' moniker was inherited by the -345 after the -200 disappeared from the Europwean scene.

[412SP]

-200 = Thunder Guppy

[Rotates Lowly]

Thunder Guppy. Ha ha, good one! In my neck of the woods the term "guppy" is almost exclusively used by the engineers.

Fluff, we were told, says Fat Little Ugly Flying F****r. Not "fellow" as far as I know. This applies to the -200 only. The -300/400/500 are known as "classics", or alternatively just by their numerical moniker, as it should be.

I heard the Germans called the -200 "ze tin mouse". Seen from the cockpit of a 747...

Happy landings!

[Tee Emm]

The 737-100 and 200's are called 737 Jurassics.

[broadreach]

The ±80pax 767-100 was, according to one site I visited, nicknamed "football", the reference being to its similarity with the American oblong ball.