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Old 30th Jul 2005, 23:50
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Green Gravel Truck = Caribou
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Old 31st Jul 2005, 05:46
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Semenhole

Gutless Cutlass

Twotter
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Old 31st Jul 2005, 09:59
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Shorts 360, the box the Nomad cam from.

CH 46 Chinnok, twin rotor death bananna.

Any model B737, maggot.

GA8 Airvan, scare-can.

Tri-lander, triple bongo.

C177 Cutlass, Gutless & Strutless.

B744, the retirement bus.

Fokker...
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Old 2nd Aug 2005, 02:08
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Trilander - flying terradactor
Shorts - flying hamburger

Keep smiling sunshiners!!
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Metro = Death Pencil
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Old 2nd Aug 2005, 03:51
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Aerostar - Death Star
Duchess - Crutchless
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Old 2nd Aug 2005, 06:18
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Partenavia = Part Bannana
Twin Commanche = Tin Can
B747 = BUFF (Big Ugly Fat F***er)
BA146 = FLUFF (Funny Little Ugly Fat F***er)
Seminole = Semen Hole
Bell-Kawasaki 47 = Quacker
Shorts Skyvan = Spam in a can
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Old 2nd Aug 2005, 07:24
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B146....Auswitz with wings/ Fischer Price Starlifter.
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Old 2nd Aug 2005, 09:48
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a few years ago the tower at YBMC used to call sunstate shorts 360
flying lunch box
or
the tool shed
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Old 2nd Aug 2005, 10:00
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Airbus = Scarebus
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Old 2nd Aug 2005, 10:13
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ERJ-145

Barbie Jet
Pencil Jet
Jungle Jet


BAe ATP


Death Star
WW2 Bomber
80p


146



4 oil leaks linked by an electrical fault!


J41

Soda stream
Wet Dream



SD - 360


The Shed
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Old 2nd Aug 2005, 13:14
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I always thought that 146 stood for
1 airframe,4 engines, needs 6.
also called the 'Smurfjet" or "Quadrapuff
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Old 2nd Aug 2005, 22:01
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Cool

Thanks to all your messages, we have a definitive type list
So far there is:
  • Tomahawk Traumahawk
  • Musketeer Mousecatcher
  • C172 One heavenly two
  • Piper Cherokee Pooper Chickapee
  • WARRIER Worrier
  • C177 Cutlass Gutless, Gutless & Strutless
  • Transavia Airtruk The Ugly Duckling
  • Bonanza Bonza
  • Tobago Toboggan - i.e. glides like one
  • GA8 Airvan scare-can
  • cresco Crashco
  • Carvan Crappervan
  • C337 Mix Master, Push me, pull me or Suck and Blow, super suck blow (337)
  • Duchess Gutless, Crutchless
  • Twin Comanche Twin catastrophe, Tin Can
  • Aztec Aztruck or even a pigdog
  • Travelair Trouble Air
  • Partenavia Partial aviator or part-banana
  • Islander bongo van
  • Tri-lander triple bongo, flying terradactor
  • Seminole Semen hole
  • Aerostar Death Star
  • NAVAJO Never go
  • Chieftain Chief Stain
  • QUEEN AIR Spleen Wear
  • Twin Pioneer Twin Pin
  • Caribou Green Gravel Truck
  • Twin Otter Twatter, twotter, Weather balloon
  • Nomad Gonad
  • Bandierante Bandit
  • METRO San Antonio Sewer Pipe, Meatray, Death Tube, Flyin' Cigar, Stick Creature, Death Pencil
  • B1900D Flying Forehead or Horse Float
  • MU2 Rice Cooker
  • BANDEIRANTE Brazilian Coffee Grinder
  • Shorts 360 the box the Nomad cam from, flying
    hamburger, flying lunch box, the tool shed
  • Shorts Skyvan Spam in a can
  • Dash 8 Dash Late or Crash 8
  • J41 Soda stream, Wet Dream
  • ERJ-145 Barbie Jet, Pencil Jet, Jungle Jet
  • BAe ATP Death Star, WW2 Bomber, 80p
  • Fokker...
  • BAE 146 Quadrapuff, FLUFF (Funny Little Ugly Fat F***er),
    Auswitz with wings/ Fischer Price Starlifter, 4 oil leaks linked by an electrical fault!.
    1 airframe,4 engines, needs 6, Smurfjet
  • Any KAL Big blue korean death machine
  • Any model B737 maggot.
  • Airbus Scarebus
  • 744 The Gravy Train, the retirement bus, BUFF (Big Ugly Fat F***er)
  • F111 Pig (derives from the official name for an
    F111, Aardvark which is Dutch for 'earth pig'.
  • Chinook Chook (nickname for a chicken in Australia for our O/S mates)
  • Black Hawk Schnorker (only used by non Black Hawk pers)
  • Kiowa Kenny
  • CH 46 Chinook twin rotor death bananna.
  • Bell-Kawasaki 47 Quacker
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Old 3rd Aug 2005, 10:29
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Nicknames

Beechcraft V-Tail Bonanza - "The wedgetail doctor killer"
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Old 3rd Aug 2005, 12:27
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A few more.

AirVan - ScareVan
MU2 - Rice Rocket or Hiroshima Screamer
Partenavia - Vatican Cessna or Popemobile
Short 330 - Flying Brick
And the BAE in BAE 146 stands for Bring Another Engine!

DF.
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Old 3rd Aug 2005, 14:20
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I've heard the BAe 146 is called the "Fruit Bat". Probably has something to do with it "Sh*&ing itself every time it flies".

C402 = A four by two

Tag
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Old 4th Aug 2005, 01:42
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Anything small with one engine = Bug Smasher
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Old 4th Aug 2005, 08:46
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Something Big and Ugly and no Mother but with 8 engines = BUMF
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Old 4th Aug 2005, 09:48
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From the " definitive list " - was the C177 not the Cardinal and the C172RG the, gutless Cutlass ?

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Old 4th Aug 2005, 12:32
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Cirrus - DD2

(doctor death, the next generation)
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