Aircraft Slang Names
"The time has come" the Walrus said,
"To talk of many things -
Of pusher screws and 'Shagbats'
And strutted, swept-back wings.
I'm an aeronautical wonder
And if that is not enough,
Then I've wheels that I can land on
When the sea's a bit too rough."
Attributed to E A Wren
"To talk of many things -
Of pusher screws and 'Shagbats'
And strutted, swept-back wings.
I'm an aeronautical wonder
And if that is not enough,
Then I've wheels that I can land on
When the sea's a bit too rough."
Attributed to E A Wren
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I've long referred to any unidentified single-engined light aircraft chugging overhead as an "LFJ". This has been accepted by friends and family, who just assumed that, me being a plane bore, I knew the type. Until one day, when someone asked me what it stood for: "Little Farty Job". Now they all say it!
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A couple I don´t think have been mentioned:
ATP - Yugo - You go and tell them it is not flying today.
Airbus A321 - Ted Rogers - this for people of a certain age remembering the Yorkshire Television Programme of the 1980s 3-2-1 hosted by Ted Rogers.
Plus an individual machine - Scibe Air B707 ´´the roach coach´´ because of a certain type of insect prevelant in the cabin!
ATP - Yugo - You go and tell them it is not flying today.
Airbus A321 - Ted Rogers - this for people of a certain age remembering the Yorkshire Television Programme of the 1980s 3-2-1 hosted by Ted Rogers.
Plus an individual machine - Scibe Air B707 ´´the roach coach´´ because of a certain type of insect prevelant in the cabin!
