Your favourite plane nickname

[SCruiser]

Whats your favourite name for typical GA types around the place

Some I've heard of :
Musketeer = Mousecatcher
C172 = One heavenly two
Tomahawk = Traumahawk
Aztec = Aztruck or even a pigdog

But I bet you's have heard more tho' :O

[NZDP]

Ahh yes. The Traumahawk. Has almost totally replaced the tomahawk around here apart from some nobs who actually like the darn thing,- The Turbohawk

[Bevan666]

Twin Otter - twotter

Partenavia - Partial aviator or part-banana

Islander - bongo van

Bonanza - Bonza

Twin Comanche - Twin catastrophe

Seminole - Semen hole

Travelair - Trouble Air

Any KAL Airliner - Big blue korean death machine

[chief wiggum]

NAVAJO = Never go

WARRIER = Worrier

CUTLASS = Gutless

METRO = San Antonio Sewer Pipe

QUEEN AIR = Spleen Wear

MU2 = Rice Cooker

BANDEIRANTE = Brazilian Coffee Grinder

TWIN OTTER = Weather balloon

[The Gimp]

Not GA but

744 = The Gravy Train

WoooWoooo


hmmmmm sweet gravy!

[Its the Pleats]

Few more...

BAE 146 - Quadrapuff
Chieftain - Chief Stain
Dash 8 - Dash Late or Crash 8

...

[ConwayB]

From the Military side of things...

Chinook - Chook (nickname for a chicken in Australia for our O/S mates)

Black Hawk - Schnorker (only used by non Black Hawk pers)

Kiowa - Kenny

Twin Otter - Twatter

F111 - Pig (derives from the official name for an F111, Aardvark which is Dutch for 'earth pig'.

Nomad - Gonad

From the GA side of things...

Bandierante - Bandit
Piper Cherokee - Pooper Chickapee
Duchess - Gutless


Keep 'em coming ladies and gents.

[Towering Q]

C337- Mix Master.

[mnbvcxzqwertyuiop]

METRO - Meatray, Death Tube, Flyin' Cigar, Stick Creature .... 2 name a few...........
:p

[Woomera]

Green Gravel Truck ........... ahhh, how I miss the sound of those R2000's!!!

And thinking of radials - who remembers the Twin Pin?

Woomera

[Atlas Shrugged]

Wasn’t that a Scottish Aviation Twin Pioneer?

[Woomera]

Yup :ok:

But what is a Green Gravel Truck?

[Atlas Shrugged]

Don't you mean "Grumbling" Green Gravel Truck ??

[effortless]

Albert and Tonka, two of my faves, Albert is so comforting and sums up that no nonsense piece of kit that just does what it says on the box. Tonka is great because it is a lovely toy for lucky little boys.

Thud, so named because of the noise it made; terminally.:uhoh:

[ZK-DAN]

B1900D = Flying Forehead or Horse Float

[Chief galah]

C337
Push me, pull me or
Suck and Blow.

CG

[TLAW]

Tobago = Toboggan - i.e. glides like one

[gspinz]

C336 - suck blow
C337 - super suck blow

[sir.pratt]

cresco = crashco

[AlbyMangels]

Transavia Airtruk----The Ugly Duckling.

[OZBUSDRIVER]

Green Gravel Truck = Caribou

[tobzalp]

Semenhole

Gutless Cutlass

Twotter

[Signature]

Shorts 360, the box the Nomad cam from.

CH 46 Chinnok, twin rotor death bananna.

Any model B737, maggot.

GA8 Airvan, scare-can.

Tri-lander, triple bongo.

C177 Cutlass, Gutless & Strutless.

B744, the retirement bus.

Fokker...

[Ace on Base]

Trilander - flying terradactor
Shorts - flying hamburger

Keep smiling sunshiners!!

[NAMPS]

Metro = Death Pencil

[Atlas Shrugged]

Aerostar - Death Star
Duchess - Crutchless

[Aussie FI 3A]

Partenavia = Part Bannana
Twin Commanche = Tin Can
B747 = BUFF (Big Ugly Fat F***er)
BA146 = FLUFF (Funny Little Ugly Fat F***er)
Seminole = Semen Hole
Bell-Kawasaki 47 = Quacker
Shorts Skyvan = Spam in a can

[Chimbu chuckles]

B146....Auswitz with wings/ Fischer Price Starlifter.

[rsull]

a few years ago the tower at YBMC used to call sunstate shorts 360
flying lunch box
or
the tool shed

[Flying Kangaroo]

Airbus = Scarebus :\ :uhoh:

[HKG Phooey]

ERJ-145

Barbie Jet
Pencil Jet
Jungle Jet


BAe ATP


Death Star
WW2 Bomber
80p


146



4 oil leaks linked by an electrical fault!


J41

Soda stream
Wet Dream



SD - 360


The Shed

[apache]

I always thought that 146 stood for
1 airframe,4 engines, needs 6.
also called the 'Smurfjet" or "Quadrapuff

[SCruiser]

Thanks to all your messages, we have a definitive type list :D :D
So far there is:

Tomahawk Traumahawk
Musketeer Mousecatcher
C172 One heavenly two
Piper Cherokee Pooper Chickapee
WARRIER Worrier
C177 Cutlass Gutless, Gutless & Strutless
Transavia Airtruk The Ugly Duckling
Bonanza Bonza
Tobago Toboggan - i.e. glides like one
GA8 Airvan scare-can
cresco Crashco
Carvan Crappervan

C337 Mix Master, Push me, pull me or Suck and Blow, super suck blow (337)
Duchess Gutless, Crutchless
Twin Comanche Twin catastrophe, Tin Can
Aztec Aztruck or even a pigdog
Travelair Trouble Air
Partenavia Partial aviator or part-banana
Islander bongo van
Tri-lander triple bongo, flying terradactor
Seminole Semen hole
Aerostar Death Star
NAVAJO Never go
Chieftain Chief Stain
QUEEN AIR Spleen Wear
Twin Pioneer Twin Pin
Caribou Green Gravel Truck

Twin Otter Twatter, twotter, Weather balloon
Nomad Gonad
Bandierante Bandit
METRO San Antonio Sewer Pipe, Meatray, Death Tube, Flyin' Cigar, Stick Creature, Death Pencil
B1900D Flying Forehead or Horse Float
MU2 Rice Cooker
BANDEIRANTE Brazilian Coffee Grinder
Shorts 360 the box the Nomad cam from, flying
hamburger, flying lunch box, the tool shed
Shorts Skyvan Spam in a can
Dash 8 Dash Late or Crash 8
J41 Soda stream, Wet Dream

ERJ-145 Barbie Jet, Pencil Jet, Jungle Jet
BAe ATP Death Star, WW2 Bomber, 80p
Fokker... :)
BAE 146 Quadrapuff, FLUFF (Funny Little Ugly Fat F***er),
Auswitz with wings/ Fischer Price Starlifter, 4 oil leaks linked by an electrical fault!.
1 airframe,4 engines, needs 6, Smurfjet
Any KAL Big blue korean death machine
Any model B737 maggot.
Airbus Scarebus
744 The Gravy Train, the retirement bus, BUFF (Big Ugly Fat F***er)

F111 Pig (derives from the official name for an
F111, Aardvark which is Dutch for 'earth pig'.

Chinook Chook (nickname for a chicken in Australia for our O/S mates)
Black Hawk Schnorker (only used by non Black Hawk pers)
Kiowa Kenny
CH 46 Chinook twin rotor death bananna.
Bell-Kawasaki 47 Quacker:O

[Cronus]

Beechcraft V-Tail Bonanza - "The wedgetail doctor killer"

[Desert Flower]

A few more.

AirVan - ScareVan
MU2 - Rice Rocket or Hiroshima Screamer
Partenavia - Vatican Cessna or Popemobile
Short 330 - Flying Brick
And the BAE in BAE 146 stands for Bring Another Engine!

DF.

[Tagneah]

I've heard the BAe 146 is called the "Fruit Bat". Probably has something to do with it "Sh*&ing itself every time it flies".

C402 = A four by two

Tag

[plans123]

Anything small with one engine = Bug Smasher ;)

[Milt]

Something Big and Ugly and no Mother but with 8 engines = BUMF

[SeldomFixit]

From the " definitive list " - was the C177 not the Cardinal and the C172RG the, gutless Cutlass ?

[Ultralights]

Cirrus - DD2

(doctor death, the next generation)

[Fiesty Ferret]

C150- bug smasher


How about nics for registration?

HOJ- Heap of junk
MFJ- Might fly just
FMD- F#@k me drunk
WWT- Whiskers

Feel free to add your favourites

FF

[Crying Kiwi]

Shorts 360 _______---->> " Irish Concorde " (Mach .2)

[Waste Gate]

BAe146 - "The muffler" . . . 'cos all the noise is on the inside :ooh:

B767 - "The dumpster" . . . not sure why. . . !

[Jamair]

Hey Woomera, don't knock the green gravel truck - from my time in the Green Machine (the army, not the aircraft) there was nothing better than coming out-country, shucking the 80lb pack and 20 lb big black bang stick onto the deck of the 'truck' and plant the butt on the webbing seats- sure beat walking.

'Piper Death Pencil' - Cheyenne
'Go Bad' - Nomad
'SkyUte' - Porter
'Space Shuttle' - PC12
'$5M Skyhawk' - PC12
'Brassiere' - Brasillia
'Deathstar' - Aerostar
'Slowtation' - Citation
'Duck' - Duke (BE60)
'Smellyhole' - Seminole
'Slowlane' - Skylane (C182)

[iceblock]

747 - Daddy's Yacht

[sandpit]

Shorts 360 - Irish Airbus

TAA J31 in the mid '80's was the Fruit Bat because they were all over Queensland and nobody wanted them!

F27 (Fokker Friendship) - Dog whistle

[PS2A_yay!]

Here are a few more:

Partenavia - Partial Aviator
C172 - Egg Beater

BAe 146 - The only plane that can have a bird strike from the rear

Chieftain - GA Jumbo
B52 - BUFF (Big Ugly Fat F@#ker)
PA44 - Semen Hole
Decathlon - Death Trap
P51 - The 'Stang
Bf109 - The 'Schmit

And my favourite rego:

TFE - Too F@#ken Easy!!

[Pinky the pilot]

BN2 - Brumm brumm (engines always going out of sych

Seminole - Halfinole

C421 Golden Eagle - Yellow Duck

Partenavia - The Rat

Tiger Moth - Tiger Schmidt

Beech Baron - Doctor Killer

B737 - Mechanical Mouse

You only live twice. Once when
you're born. Once when
you've looked death in the face.

[The Flash]

Bae 146 - Junior Jumbo

[F/O Bloggs]

PS2A-
Think the bird strike ref applies to the Bou, not the 146.

Italians call the 146 - JUMBOLINO

CT4 - Parrot/Plastic parrot/Fanta can

Macchi- Macchischmit

Hercules- Fat Albert

Winjeel- Gin wheel

[westhawk]

IAI Westwind= Bagel Bomber, Rabbi Ride, Yom Kipur Clipper.

Metroliner= San Antonio sewer pipe, Lawn Dart.

Gulfstream= Savannah banana.

Ch-47 Chinook=$h1thook.

Cirrus SR20/22=Skydiver, Dope-on-a-rope, Doctor-killer TNG.

Learjet=Fearjet, Queerjet.

Citation=Nearjet (Formerly. The X put a stop to this nickname. The first G-IV pilot advised by ATC of faster Citation traffic passing him had an emotional meltdown, or so the story goes...)

J31/32 Jetstream=Junkstream.

[fixa24]

back in the day when i worked on b743's and 4's we called the 767's light twins.....:eek:

[Whiskey226]

SR-71 Blackbird - The Sled

[Keg]

Waste Gate, 767 is known throughout the US as the 'Dump Truck' because that's how it lands! :}

In QF circles, the A380 has been called the 'Dugong'. Have a look at the nose of it and it reminds you of that marine animal! :E

[The Stooge]

One company use to call the Shorts 360 the box that the Saab came in

[Cockpit Door-Closed]

More nicknames here.............

http://www.chris.brady.ukgateway.net/aircraftnicknames.htm

[Cougar]

To go with BUFF for the B52 (never heard B747 called that Aussie),

A7 Corsair - SLUF (Short Little Ugly F**cker)

[Gateway Customer]

A320 - Flying Chainsaw

due to it crashing in the woods at an airshow years ago

[Zap Brannigan]

Airbus A320- The John Wayne -kills Indians and cuts down trees. (Due to the Air India accident at Bangalore and the Paris Airshow)

Any helicopter- Angry palm tree

The Grob T-Bird- The Turd

Tobago- The Royale

Trinidad- The Royale With Cheese

[GeeBeeZee]

Cessna 207 : Slug

[disco_air]

A couple more rego's....

DMS - Death Made Simple/Swift

TWD - Tangle With Death


...disco

[Icefire]

Transavia Airtruck also known as "Scaretruck" around 20 years ago.

Have to agree with the other nickname, it was an ugly duckling.

[Contract Con]

Gday,

I recall the Airtruk as the "Chookroost" due to booms etc on which to sit.

B1900D - Stonefish


Cheers,

Contract Con:ok:

[maxspeed]

Turbo Thrush = An aggresive yeast infection:uhoh:
Air Tractor = Scare Tractor:ooh:
Ag Wagon = Shaggin' Wagon:)

[Jawz]

Beech 18 --- Twin Beaver

[D.Lamination]

I don't believe the following have been mentioned yet:

:p Partenavia - Partmafia

:} Shorts 360 - Irish Concorde (still in it's box)

:E A318 - minibus

:8 A330 - Half Past Three Bus

:\ A340 - Twenty to four Bus

:= Airbuses Generally - Sky Skoda (Tinny build quality)

:{ MU2 - Widowmaker

[crash_comics]

DHC2 on floats - Wet Beaver
DHC6 on floats - Wet Twatter

[chimbu warrior]

Westwind = Jew canoe
Argosy = Whistling wheelbarrow
Bristol Freighter = Frightener
CASA 212 = Spanish fly
Piaggio 166 = Pig

[Speeds high]

Piper Tomahawk - Traumahawk, Tomatoe Hawk, Ratchet Hatchet, Pathetic Airplane Number 38

[VH-Cheer Up]

My Dad's WW2 transport of choice, the Fairey Swordfish - "The Flying Stringbag".

Two wings are better than one, and the Fleet Air Arm did some sterling work with them.

[Capt. On Heat]

Cherokee 6 - Reaper
1900D - The Lesbian Bed (There's 2 C*nt's in it!)
Q300 - Dash 8!

and rego
YFA (if you knew it) Yellow F***ing Aeroplane

[jon s gull]

When I flew them we called CT4's Bricks for their gliding qualities.I am aware this applies to many AC.
an Ag wagon (ag bag, fag bag depending on the pilot) we called BOB for bucket of bolts.

[Mach.29]

Partenavia- Italian pizza oven

[The Bullwinkle]

Argosy - Whistling Tit
F4 Phantom - Tomb, Widow-maker
A10 Thunderbolt - Warthog
Shackelton - 50,000 rivets in close formation

[boofta]

BAE 146 = Jumbolina
Partenavia = Partamafia
Westwind = Jew Canoe

[Hailstop3]

Only one to add:

Twin Comanche - Crunchy

Thats how your landings feel no matter how good you are!

[criticalmass]

Chris Brady's 737 website has the definitive list of aircraft nicknames under the "Humour" link and is well worth a visit.

My favourites (all from the Douglas/McDonnell-Douglas stable):-

DC-10 - Dieselten, Greasy Ten, Death-Cruiser

DC-9 - Diesel Nine

DC-8 Diesel Eight, Greasy Eight


MD-11 - More Death 2, Scud (you can launch it but you can't be sure where it will land!)


Skydivers around my local airport used to use a C182 registered DQF - "Doesn't Quite Fly".

[Back Seat Driver]

AH YES the Fokker 27 was the 'Converter' due to its ability to convert kerosene into a lot of noise. Also known as the "20 ton Dog Whistle'

[brame]

Smoe others....

BAe146 Bring Another Engine 146
Cessna 550 Blow Job
MU2 Rice Rocket
Bell206 DeathRanger