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Broken Wings
2nd Sep 2001, 01:32
Have they come up with a British name for it yet?
May be corny but how about the C-17 GATEWAY?
It stays part of the US "G" family and reflects the Brize/Aircraft role in relation to Strategic Transport Ops.
Yozzer
2nd Sep 2001, 01:47
What is wrong with Globemaster III same as the USAF!
"G" family ... Starlifter!!!! Hercules !!! :confused:
[ 02 September 2001: Message edited by: Yozzer Hughes ]
Jackonicko
2nd Sep 2001, 05:55
How about the Gap-stopper?
Or an acronym: GTHTGIBATS
(Going to have to give it back all too soon!)
It's only leased, why does it need a Brit name? Even the Herc and Phantom didn't get them, and we owned them!
Broken Wings
2nd Sep 2001, 11:39
I probably shouldn't have posted this but this is what happens when you read a C-17 article in the Carterton Community Magazine that gets shoved through your door after watching England beat Germany 5-1!
Still days in Carterton are numbered so hopefully I won't be afflicted in this way again! :)
Blue Stuff
2nd Sep 2001, 12:57
Belfast?
Well - we ended up leasing them! :confused:
OK - I'll GMC.
Specaircrew
2nd Sep 2001, 17:04
Fat Spamjet sounds good to me!
Gainesy
2nd Sep 2001, 18:21
Kevin.
BEagle
2nd Sep 2001, 20:33
Boeing Big bum? Rentatruck? U-Haul.... Mr Blobby??
sprucemoose
3rd Sep 2001, 12:00
Beyond 'Moose', the best name I've heard for it is 'Buddha' - it's big, fat and everybody worships it!
Low and Slow
3rd Sep 2001, 14:21
BUDDAH- love it! ROFL! LOL!
Actually we have a proud tradition of giving Brit names to US aircraft.
The Wildcat was the Marlette, and the Avenger became the Tarpon. - OK, both FAA and very silly. In the RAF, PBY became the Catalina, and the B-29/49 was called the Washington.
Eric Brown commented that we give all American aircraft, "non-bellicose" names
I suggest,
The Bunny Rabbit.
The Pigmy Hippo.
The Wood Pigeon.
I could go on… :)
Whipping Boy's SATCO
3rd Sep 2001, 14:49
FLUFFUS
Fat Large Ugly F###er From US
Archimedes
3rd Sep 2001, 19:12
When we nearly bought the F-111 in the 60s, considerable head-scratching as to what to call it (since it had no official USAF name) took place. Eventually, AOC-in-C Bomber Command, as 'twas, suggested - Merlin. Some of the alternatives were either dull or barking mad or both....
The plan was that all strike/attack aircraft after this (apart from the Jaguar) would be named after birds of prey - a policy that lasted for exactly one aeroplane...
I'll get my anorak...
Hairdefender
3rd Sep 2001, 20:10
Would we be naming it Gateway after a supemarket?
Talking Radalt
3rd Sep 2001, 22:17
If we're talking supermarkets how about Happy's Hopper? ;)
BEagle
4th Sep 2001, 00:10
I like the story of the committee which formed to give the EFA a name. It seems that our box-head chums initially weren't too happy with continuing the 'fierce wind' precedent of 'Tornado' and were, perhaps understandably, not keen on 'Hurricane' or 'Tempest'. So they countered with 'Cyclone' - <<Ja - zis is good. Ve are liking 'Cyclone', auf Deutsch 'Zyklon'. Ve can haff 'Zyklon A' fur das Singleseater, und fur das Doppelseater, vielleicht 'Zyklon B'......??>>
When it was pointed out that 'Zyklon B' might, perhaps, limit export sales potential in places like Israel, an honourable truce was drawn and the old foes agreed that since they'd both had a 'Typhoon' or 'Taifun' in the Second World War, perhaps that would be OK for everyone........
C-17? Boeing Bloatmaster!!
[ 03 September 2001: Message edited by: BEagle ]
two rackets
4th Sep 2001, 02:02
Surely you all know its the Buddha! Short, fat and everybody worships it...
Ha! Ha!
Balls to the wall!!!!
:cool:
overstress
4th Sep 2001, 02:09
How about the 'Slapper' ?
Large, fat, rented & swallows everything!
Jackonicko
4th Sep 2001, 04:13
Slapper it is, then!
Per Ardua Ad Asda
4th Sep 2001, 18:23
How about C-17 "ASDA", since, eventually, it asda go back? :D
Hmmm. A.S.D.A. I'm sure there are several possibilities lurking in there.
Tag! You're it....
BEagle
4th Sep 2001, 23:57
Nope - American, fat ar$e and swallows anything! Has to be the 'LewinskyJet'!
Broken Wings
5th Sep 2001, 00:10
Being the numpty that started this thread I think its time to chose...... C-17 SLAPPER it is ... as it can have hundreds of squaddies come into its big rear entrance! :)
"Slapper 1, Check in"
(could always just call it "Useful"!!
Low and Slow
5th Sep 2001, 12:54
Oh yes, I can see how this one would work.
ATC: Speedbird 148, hold short of the active, then clear cross after the Slapper.
Speedbird 148: Roger Ground, say again aircraft type, over.
Ascot 123: (Female Aircrew) Ground, did you call me a Slapper?
Oh yes, this will work. :)
BEagle
5th Sep 2001, 13:39
But BW - perhaps if it's going to have that many people crawling up its ar$e, we should call it the 'Air Marshal'?
Boeing B*g**ll, anyone??
Broken Wings
5th Sep 2001, 20:59
The recent posts are in the finest traditions of Service banter and its the main thing I miss since leaving...how about asking for a sub forum in the Military section titled "Line Book"?