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Old 17th Mar 2004, 21:06
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fish New names for planes

I believe that the Mighty Hunter should be renamed 'Ratrod' as I like this name very very much as well as the mixed grill and 2 doughnuts, not 1.

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Obviously a good St Patrick's Day Happy Hour???
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Old 18th Mar 2004, 13:04
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I've often wondered who actually decides the names for planes in service, any ideas?
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Woodworkers.

We don't have any 'planes', we have 'aircraft' which are either 'aeroplanes' or 'helicopters'.......

With acknowledgements to DRS Bader!
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Beags, the 'ole man used to say the same thing to me. A plane is something used on wood...
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Who chooses the name?

I think the manufacturer does. He will of course consult but I don't think its in the RAF's gift. Now the Navy ... they have a naming committee for their ships.

How about:

Fat Albert
Trishaw
Grey Goose
Jumping Bean
Vickers Fun Bus
Eric
Fin

All every bit as good as their official handles
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Old 18th Mar 2004, 21:19
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Planes!!

Quite right Beags, spot on as ever.
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Old 18th Mar 2004, 21:25
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For anyone wishing to answer the question, there's a book about how aircraft names are allocated:

Gordon Wansbrough-White Names with Wings; The Names & Naming Sysems of Aircraft & Engines Flown by the British Armed Forces 1878-1994 , published by Airlife a few years ago.

I've not read it properly, but it seems to offer the answer to all sorts of questions you might have about how aircraft names come about - and quite a few questions that you probably never, ever would have thought of...
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with the amount of doughnuts and danishes that pass along the tube I feel "Heavy" maybe added to c/s out of ISK.

Of course I sit on my moral high ground nibbling a lettuce leaf

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BEagle:

DRS Bader would be turning in his grave!

Having just been looking at the RAF's website for history details of the Spitfire, lo and behold they insist on using that foul term 'airplane'!!!

www.raf.mod.uk/history/spit1.html
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