Thunderbox :cool:

Ahem, he was actually discussing the A330 MRTT, not the A400M.

Not being possessed of a boom, the A400M is definitely of the female gender. A momma grizzly bear. ;)

The Poirot. The French name that follows Hercules.

ABBA - A Bloody Big Airlifter.

Obelix :ok:

By "tradition", transport Types in Royal Air Force service were named after a town/city. I don't believe we've had one called the Scunthorpe yet. Although if it also has a tanker capability, it might invite the question; if Airbus put the T for tanker in A400M, who put the ........

How about the Airbus Abingdon?

MJP C.1

MJP as in

Marie-José Pérec - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

she won the 400m race in 96 :):cool::8

Blacksheep

Poirot is not French, he's Belgian.
(Name three famous Belgians.)

Eddy Merckx, Audrey Hepburn and Jean Claude van Damme will do for starters :ok:

The weird ginger cousin you only see at weddings ?

I know its not ginger.....

Napoleon

He was short and fat

Poirot is not French, he's Belgian.
(Name three famous Belgians.)

I can only think of one but it fits
Bertrand well they are made of Plastic! ;)

TFL

or TFE

or just TFD.

'EURO-CREPE'?

Alternatively: 'COLLABORATOR'

Mind you, I like that 'OBELIX'

Flug :8

ELEPHANT - then you'll all stop talking about it.

The euro shirtlifter seems fitting or the Nemesis planet lifter for the american market :ok:

If JSF is Dave, then A400M should be Mabel.

Nearly Phil, nearly.... But a slight change to HERPES may be better..... :E

It can't be Mabel, and some folks don't like the name Dave either, as apparently aircraft are not to be known by nick names............Oh, and it can't be strike mouse either :E:E (see what I did there).