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I quite like Mosquito - it can do all it could do and a whole lot more.
Hurricane would also be good then you would Typhoon and Hurricane. That'll put the wind up someone!
Hurricane would also be good then you would Typhoon and Hurricane. That'll put the wind up someone!
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Mosquito? to compare: one was made of wood, renewable resource, good at what it was designed for, built to time and budget. The latest iteration: ?? I think not.
Hows about:
Folly
W Gates esq (Big Bill)
Hows about:
Folly
W Gates esq (Big Bill)
Ecce Homo! Loquitur...
You can't name US aircraft, they've tried. F-15 Eagle, F-16 Falcon, F-18 Hornet, who the h*ll uses them. Even if they name them, who uses them?
The B-1 and B-2 are the Lancer and the Spirit - but they're really the Bone and the Beak. 9(ets not talk about the Aardvark...)
Let it go, it will acquire a name......
The B-1 and B-2 are the Lancer and the Spirit - but they're really the Bone and the Beak. 9(ets not talk about the Aardvark...)
Let it go, it will acquire a name......
Originally Posted by ORAC
You can't name US aircraft, they've tried. F-15 Eagle, F-16 Falcon, F-18 Hornet, who the h*ll uses them. Even if they name them, who uses them?
The B-1 and B-2 are the Lancer and the Spirit - but they're really the Bone and the Beak. 9(ets not talk about the Aardvark...)
Let it go, it will acquire a name......
The B-1 and B-2 are the Lancer and the Spirit - but they're really the Bone and the Beak. 9(ets not talk about the Aardvark...)
Let it go, it will acquire a name......
I also like the fact that the Russians re-named the Frogfoot after its NATO callsign.
I still think the F35 'Dave' would say so much, on so many levels.
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"Viper" gets my vote - 'cos it's the name of a cool spaceship
Or, in tenuous deference to 'Star Wars', the "Why-Fighter" - as in "why are we spending so much money on this....?"
Or, in tenuous deference to 'Star Wars', the "Why-Fighter" - as in "why are we spending so much money on this....?"
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Call the US models 'Jed', the Brit Models 'Nigel' and the Aussies 'The Roo'.
If the navy paint 'Fly Navy' on them, call em 'Squid Lips'
Must call the family version '??????'....actually cant think of something witty
....or we could settle on 'Dave' with 'Colin' being a close second.
If the navy paint 'Fly Navy' on them, call em 'Squid Lips'
Must call the family version '??????'....actually cant think of something witty
....or we could settle on 'Dave' with 'Colin' being a close second.
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Originally Posted by Zoom
Good, KPax. Appropriate name for an ugly, overweight, overpriced penetrator.
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Originally Posted by PPRuNe Pop
I quite like Mosquito - it can do all it could do and a whole lot more.
Hurricane would also be good then you would Typhoon and Hurricane. That'll put the wind up someone!
Hurricane would also be good then you would Typhoon and Hurricane. That'll put the wind up someone!
I had always wondered why ALL the partners agreed to 'Typhoon' for the Eurofighter. I assumed that memories of Falaise Gap, etc. might have turned some of the buyers off.
"Sh1tehawk?" Yeah, we get it. Not terribly amusing, but we get it.....
The 'Vark was indeed officially named the Aardvark on its retirement day in US service. 'Pig' is also well-chosen IMHO.
How about 'Borg' for the F-35. If it comes off, then you will have been assimilated?
How about the Cure, and for the Navy, the SeaCure ?
or the Naplesandye, or.... you guessed it.....the Sea Naplesandye ?
These suggestions copied with (hopefully) permission of Trevor Lockwood (I think) when he ran an informal competition to name the EHI 01 back in the
80's.
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or the Naplesandye, or.... you guessed it.....the Sea Naplesandye ?
These suggestions copied with (hopefully) permission of Trevor Lockwood (I think) when he ran an informal competition to name the EHI 01 back in the
80's.
pp
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Victor.... as in, "I don't believe it"
Fools and Horses...
Del
Rodders
Trigger
Boycey
and my personal favourite the F35 "Marlene" Not to be confused with that other TV great, "Martel"
Fools and Horses...
Del
Rodders
Trigger
Boycey
and my personal favourite the F35 "Marlene" Not to be confused with that other TV great, "Martel"