Why do Americans not like names for aircraft?
 

Anyone have an opinion on this?

They just don't like to use names for planes even if its given one,
ever heard an L1011 called a Tristar, a 747, Jumbo
in the USA?

Nothing personal, just wondered why?

Yup, generally your statement seems true for commercial aircraft, though have often heard the news reporting a Jumbo jet and seen anything from a B767 in size and up pictured!
Consider, however, light aircraft. Normally names are used rather than numbers, eg Piper Arrow rather than PA28, Beech Baron rather than BE-55 0r 58, etc. That adds to the strength of your query.

Well, please don´t be as stupid as here in Switzerland where an AVRO is a "Jumbolino" :rolleyes: , a Saab 340 is a "Cityliner" :rolleyes: and a Saab 2000 is a "Concordino" :rolleyes:

Duuuuh !

Same goes for military aircraft.
P40 in the U.S., Kitty- or Warhawk elsewhere
AT-6.... , Harvard... (Texan in the U.S., but nobody used it).
A-20... , Boston... (Havoc ...)

Why do they call them apartments when they put them so close together?
I don´t know

US Navy usually uses names:

Hellcat, Wildcat, Dauntless, Intruder, Vigilante, Tomcat, blahblah

Indeed, many of my colleagues use the un-official names for the Airbus products:

"babe" - pig that thinks it's a dog
#40 FPS/ #30 FPS - French piece of ****
etc :p

Methinks American pilots almost always have names for their airplanes. However, they're unlikely to use the cutesy names dreamed up by the manufacturers. Everyone knows what a Diesel-8 is, and most are familar with the Guppy, Whale, and Three-Holer.

Gooney bird, Bandit, Mixmaster, Thud, Jug, Dumbo, Lead Sled, ...

Pan Am had put names on all of its "Jet Clippers."

Eastern Airlines identified its airplanes as "Whisperjet" and "Whisperliner." :eek:

...and TWA called the 1649A the "Starliner"
Ah....Lockheed !!

Latest airplane name from inside the Lazy B:
"Chronic Snoozer"