John, where is speechless one now?

TC,

Not sure: I'll see if I can find him in the FAAOA Blue Book when I'm at work tomorrow.

Had a Pilot on my Navy Squadron years ago - "Steady dim"

and one of the mechanics - "Brain Cell".. cos he only had one.

ALF - Annoying Little F*^Ker

Remember Lt Dick Noble, aka Cher.

A navigator known as TAPS, he thought Terminal App Plates, we thought Thick as Pig S**t.

Another Foo, this time Kennard was the name.

On one SH squadron, the crewman regularly asked 'Mint Sir?' to one of the pilots. Say it fast, it was the way he walked around, very camp.

plenty of seagulls about...
 

seagull managers are a dime a dozen;
they fly in, make a incredible amount of noise (over nothing), **** over everything, then fly off again....

a few less adoring:
Oxygen Thief
'Specialist'
'X-spurt'

a few more crass ones:
Size 9 (enough kicks in the arse from constant stuff ups to now comfortably fit said boot size)
WOFTAM,
FONC
FINCL
Pert (this is a local brand of ant-dandruff shampoo with a variant called 'Head & Shoulders', referring to the effect to an arse-kisser cause by a sudden stop of the arse-kissee)

Come across the occasional Thrush, in my time.

We had a ground engineer variously known as:

Bungalow-nothing upstairs or Wedge-the simplist tool known to man.

I once worked with a 'Tiffy' who was known as 'Sparky'. He was delighted, as he thought this alluded to his rapier wit. In actual fact, he was being likened to the spark required for ignition in a piston engine - fat and retarded!
I also worked with a guy called 'Thrush', as he was an irritating c**t!

There is a father and son combo, in Australia with the names of ‘The Wizard’ and 'The sorcerer'

There's an Aberdeen co-jo, who on residing for a week in Shetland became known as 'the oxygen thief'. We've got a 'seagull' and a 'sick-note' here. Love the 'leatherman', have a few uses for that one.:ok:

There is a Gimlet (small boring tool) who used to be on SH.

Jayteeto, remember the "Mint Sir" on the way to Stavanger? best call by far!

A certain army officer cadet who married rather well (into the royal family) was known as "Foggy" when at the academy........................Thick and wet!

Perfect for the Royals, then. :D

Had a mechanic on my HDS Flight in the 70's his nickname was "Spin", his surname was Dwyer !

A P2 on a USN SH60B detachment had "Bobbitt" on his name tally, his surname..... Adcock !

James Strong
 

James Strong - 'Jimmy Bowtie' - former chair of Qantas, acquired some military acumen (?) when a 'Cordie', or cadet at Duntroon Military College. There, he also picked up the handle:

NOTSA

A couple of not so popular fellows:

FIGJAM - F*** I'm good just ask me

LOMBARD - Loads of money but a real ********



loved the Leatherman, will need to look for a recipient to rename

Hey, I flew with Bobbit, long ago (HSL-44, Det1). Great nickname for sure.

But my all time favorite was SH guy called WEFTY. I originally thought it was a slurred "Westy", but I quickly learned it stood for "Wrong Every F**king Time" !!

HO5S

Had a vertically challenged mate in the RN called SPIN

Shortest Pilot In NATO

W:ok: