Warbird Information Exchange

He wasn't a Doctor either, but like you said; The concept is the same....R.I.P.

Phil

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A man's got to know his limitations.

F-117 -- Stink Bug

MD-80: Mad Dog
737: Guppy, or for old Piedmont Airlines "Cooter Scooter"
DC-9: Diesel Nine
747: Whale
E-190 (Embraer 190): E-180... always returnig back to the gate with a problem.
BAe J-32 Jetsteram: Junkstreak, Brick on a Stick (for how stable it was.)

UH-60: Widebody
SH-2F: Hookie Touk
SH-3: Sea Pig
CH-46: Phrog
T-34C Turbo Mentor: Tormentor.
A-7 Corsair II: SLUF

You guys are far too kind in only listing the nice names given to the Metro...

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Keep 'em Flying.

You mean like "The Death Tube"?

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Had God intended for man to fly behind inline engines, Pratt & Whitney would have made them.

CB

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Oh, forgot a couple of the civil aircraft nicknames -

DC-8 - Diesel 8
DC-10 - Douglasaurus Rex

North American A-36. Apparently called Invader unofficially in the Mediterranean Theater but also known as Apache except apparently there has never been found a WW2 era reference to the Apache name.

A few civilian types.

Beech Twin Bonanza = TwinBo or T Bone.
Beech Model 18 = Twin Beech. (Even when Beech had numerous other twins the Twin Beech name only refers to the Model 18)
Cessna 172RG Cutlass = Gutless.
Piper Aztec = Aztruck
Piper Navajo = NavaJoe
Douglas DC-3 types are known throughout South America as "el Douglas"

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"I can't understand it, I cut it twice and it's still too short!" Robert F. Dupre' 1923-2010 Go With God.

'Apache' was another post war conjur like using the term 'razorback' for the B/C models. The Invader part was correct but rejected real quick, the name had already been assigned to the A-26. The A-36 already had a name anyway.

Mike Scalingi,a friend of mine found this in a NAA publication he picked up off of ebay which should lay to rest any name of than Mustang being given to the A-36. Shared with his approval.

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John, I said that on the 2nd page, but thanks for repeating it.

a few more,
Twin Comanche, Twinkie
T-6 AT-6, Six
SNJ, The Snij also known as Secret Navy Jet

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My uncle was an armourer on P-38's in the ETO. After looking through his photos, I recall seeing one of a scoreboard someone had made for the squadron. It had a list of all the squadron pilots and their kill tally to date. At the top of the sign was the squadron insignia (whether offical or not, I can't say) along with the now-familiar stylized P-38 silhouette with the devil's face replacing the center nacelle. I assume this picture ties in with the "Fork Tailed Devil" moniker, although my uncle had never heard of that (I asked him before he passed away). Actually, he didn't even call the aircraft the "Lightning". To him it was always just the "P-38".

(He also showed me a photo of a P-47 that landed at their field once for whatever reason. He asked ME what type it was, and when I told him, he said, "I always thought it was some Navy plane. Whatever it was, it was huge!").

Based on the photo I saw, I believe the "Fork Tailed Devil" name was made up during the war. Like many others, I have my doubts about it originating in Germany. A certain amount of credit should go towards whoever took the time to translate it to "Der Gabelschwanz Teufel", though!

One more civilian one.

Grumman G-1 Gulfstream = Gulfscream

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"I can't understand it, I cut it twice and it's still too short!" Robert F. Dupre' 1923-2010 Go With God.

Forgot one.

MC-130H Opus

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Mike in Florida
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Aircrew Life Support
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My favorite is the Douglas F3D / EF-10B "Skyknight". We always called it the "Drut". The humor of which can be seen if you spell "Drut" backwards.

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I am currently reading the book "A Higher Call". In one chapter, based on the memories of a German fighter pilot, it claims that the term "Fork-tailed Devil" was coined by the Germans in North Africa. It apparently refers to the heavy concentration of fire-power in the nose. I take it with a grain of salt, since the book was written by a current-day American.

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I am but mad north-north-west: when the wind is southerly I know a hawk from a handsaw.

I used to work for an outfit that had a G1. The guys on the floor called it "Gulfzilla".

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