Nicknames

[AffirmBrest]

'Sledge' - always got pulled by Dogs

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[Preciousboy]

Can't claim to be the originator but:

Fiat

Fra*er is a tw*t.

[Audax]

And the nav known as Gobi, the space between his ears being the biggest desert in the world (not strictly true but the name was there)

[Max Mil]

Loud mouth on my first Sqn, Goas - Gob On A Stick

Affirmbrest - Also know a Sledge. Wouldn't be an F3 guy from CBY ????

[B9]

There was a senior officer at PTC towards the end of the last century known as 'Dagenham' because he was 2 stops beyond 'Barking'

[Nil nos tremefacit]

We had a small boring tool called Gimlet; when a second one arrived we had to call him Bradawl (also a small boring tool).

[Per Ordure Ad Asti]

Knew a guy at BFT called, very unfairly, FRISP - F***ing Repulsive Ignorant Scottish Pig.
Met a guy in Aldergrove called Angus, nicnamed "Zero g". Work it out.
Ex rotary mate called CIPS "It's Richard actually" W****n - C**t In Pilot Suit.
Had an old flight commander called Kipper, becaues he was wet, yellow, two faced and spineless.

[Wholigan]

Chivenor - long time ago, before closed first time.

Studes used to vote for staff member who was SOTD (Sh*t Of The Day).

So frequently earned by one particular mate - became SOTW (Sh*t Of The Week).

Eventually became SOTY (Year). Henceforth always known as Sooty.

[Jackonicko]

There are even some non-derogatory, but extraordinarily clever nicknames, thus one APO Lllewellyn (Senior stude and a very nice chap, wonder what happened to him?) was universally known as L4!

Heard a new one (to me) yesterday:

BOBFOC (Body off Baywatch, Face off Crimewatch).

[FE Hoppy]

was a nav on nimrods called "BRIAN"
he thought it was a ref. to monty python.
B**** R*** is a nob.

[Preciousboy]

Jacko

Forgive my 0200 stupidity/drunkeness but would that not of been L5?

Please excuse me,it has taken me 20 minutes to type this !

[This message has been edited by Preciousboy (edited 08 April 2001).]

[pitot piper picked a peck]

Know a young un with the name of 'geyser.
He thinks it's because he has the temper of a hot spring in iceland,in actual fact it all comes down to the pronunciation :- geyser (guy's a) fuc***g k**b

[Jackonicko]

Only cos I mis-spelt it, Presh. Llewellyn. Even the Welsh.....

Speaking of Welsh, when I was training ViaVoice on my Mac, (speech recognition software) I sneezed, and it came out with 'are Llanelli'

[Andu]

Knew a guy once who shared three nicknames:
'Storm Boy' - after he stripped the leading edge anti ice boots off an F27 flying into a CB.
The 'Capt America', 'coz he thought himself to be a comic book hero
Then 'FIGJAM', for F*** I'm Good, Just Ask Me.

[Vortex_Generator]

Had a JEngO called "Leatherman" 'cos he was a useless tool that everyone carried.

[Four Seven Eleven]

"Turbine" - for the low continuous whine




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"The bulk of mankind is as well equipped for flying as thinking." — Jonathon Swift

[Davey Emcee]

We had a crewman called transponder,
cos' he was f--k all use at low level

[SH Monkey]

We had a very short SH Nav called GARMIN (small superfluous navigation device that you have to punch information into)

[R O Tiree]

Knew a bloke nicknamed "Exocet", once. Allegedly because by the time you saw him coming it was too bloody late to escape.

Also "Thrombosis" - a wandering clot.

[Sloppy Link]

There was a chap called 10-gauge who thought it was because he was like a shot gun. In fact, if you look up 10-gauge in the Army Metal Workers Handbook, it is is decribed as being very thick and difficult to work with.