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Old 30th Apr 2006, 14:30
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Silly aircraft names

Aviation Traders Accountant

Douglas Mixmaster

Republic Rainbow

Armstrong Whitley Ape

Bristol Tramp

Convair Pogo

Republic Thunderceptor

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Any additions welcome...

(OK Brewster Buffallo is a bit silly but remember the Sopwitch Camel )
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But DH Canada also made a Buffalo.

Convair made the Coronado (not so silly) but their predecessors, Consolidated-Vultee, also made a Coronado.
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Nieuport Pagnell?

Fairey Nuff?
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Future Strategic Tanker Aircraft
Future Large Aircraft
Joint Strike Fighter
European Fighter Aircraft
Airbus A400M


I think to honour of the A400M, it will be known in RAF service as 'JPA'

-Jumbo Petrol Aircraft-
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Sopwith 8f.1 Snail

Martinsyde Elephant

Neither of which really inspire a great deal of confidence.
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How about the lesser spotted Fairey Cake ?

Mother Riley's Cardboard Aeroplane otherwise known as Tornado ! TORNADO 2 it should have been but obviously the braindead Air Marshalls forgot about the earlier HAWKER TORNADO !

Bristol Fashion which leads on to the well known Pair of Bristols.

Commonwealth Secretary General.

Yeoman of the Guard.

Fleet of Foot.
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Beech Tree.
Bell Bottoms.
Champion the Wonder Horse.
Linn LP12(the well known Scottish hi-fi of course).
Republic of Ireland.
Travel in Style.
Waco Shooting.
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Consolidated Accounts

Short A**e

Hunting Horn

North American Continent

- and its less successful derivative, the Incontinent

And of course, the Silly Fokker!

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Boeing boing baggies
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Supermarine Spitfire

The opinion of its designer, R.J. Mitchell:-

"Bloody silly name for an aeroplane!"
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The Douglas Fairbanks

The Martin Chuzzlewit

The Spartan Interior

The Fleet Street

I'm getting the hang of this!
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Airspeed Indicator

Canadair Dry

Robin Reliant... Or was it the Reliant Robin?

Sorry, dredging for it...
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Halberstadt is better than none Treaders.
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Actually, the A400M will be the "Bristol Bureaucrat"....

The Air Marshals actually wanted to call the Hawk the 'Tercel'. A sort of baby ****ehawk.

TypHoon could have been "Cyclone". But that didn't translate terribly well into German, particularly for the two-seater, or B model.....

"Hmm. Eurofighter Zyklon B. Don't think we'll be selling many of those to certain countries..."

As for PFI, the RAAF decided against it for their A330MRTTs. Rumour hath it that they consider 'PFI' to stand for 'Poms are Flaming Idiots'...
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The ML aircraft with the inflatable wing was known as the Durex delta
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BAC T'front

Miles Away

Armstrong Wrestling
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Antonov'er one
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