Aircraft Nicknames! Lets hear em'!

[nocturnalaviator]

B-787 anyone?? Wet Dreamer, Dream Weaver

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[Rotor2Wing]

Someone needs to come up with a good one for the A380.

Sky Donkey??

 

[Murdoughnut]

I call the DA-42 the "General Dyer" because they kill a lot of Indians. Sorry, I know that's insensitive.

 

[TFaudree_ERAU]

Someone needs to come up with a good one for the A380.

How 'bout "No damn way you'll get out of it after a firey crash"

 

[SeanD]

How 'bout "No damn way you'll get out of it after a firey crash"

The Trapper Keeper

 

[C150J]

Gulfstreams = Savannah Iron Works Beast

 

[ClarkGriswold]

DCNineosaur

 

[TripSix]

BA111 - BacasaurusRex

 

[TripSix]

BA111 - BacasaurusRex

 

[Fencer]

An12 - Sarai, Black Tulip
An225 - Mashka
Tu22M - Troika
Tu134UBL- Buratino
Tu154M - Emmochka
B737 - Bobik
B727 - Mad Cucumber
B777 - Portwein, Three Axes
Su24 - Briefcase

 

[///AMG]

Su24 - Briefcase

What is the origin of this? Maybe I am just too tired and not witty enough to figure it out on my own

 

[pete2800]

Someone needs to come up with a good one for the A380.

It's the double-decker bus. Come on, man... it practically nicknamed itself...


Just like the long A340 is the articulated bus...

See?

Others:

Dash 8: Dash-Late.
DC-9: Death-Cruiser 9.
DC-10: Death-Cruiser 10.
MD-11: Maximum-Death to 11.
BAE 146: The airplane with 5 APU's.

 

[A150K]

Has anyone mentioned Brazilian Taco Rocket for the ERJ yet?

 

[A150K]

C337: Mixmaster, Skydisaster, Push Me Pull You
C162: Groundcatcher, Skycrasher.

Dirtcatcher is another.

 

[DhruvK]

E120: Burrito Bomber
Saab: Send Another Airplane for Bags
EMBRAER: Every Mechanical Breakdown Requires An Electrical Reset
E170/190: JungleBus
C172: Skychicken
C150: One-Filthy
L1011: Bistar
BAe-146: The world's most reliable 3-engine airplane

 

[A150K]

Beech Travelscare.

 

[Fencer]

What is the origin of this? Maybe I am just too tired and not witty enough to figure it out on my own

Majority of pilots came to Su24 from Migs and Su17s they say it's heavy, clumsy and squarish
Suitcase might be better translation.

 

[KLB]

Metro-Texas Lawn Dart
San Antonio Sewer Pipe
The Screaming Weenie

 

[jeflies]

Shorts 330/360 : Skypig, Possum, flying Winnebago


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[///AMG]

Majority of pilots came to Su24 from Migs and Su17s they say it's heavy, clumsy and squarish
Suitcase might be better translation.

"SkyLada"?