Sushka From United States of America, joined Nov 1999, 4784 posts, RR: 16 Reply 1, posted (11 years 4 months 3 weeks 6 days 19 hours ago) and read 1790 times:
AAtripleseven From United States of America, joined Jun 2000, 324 posts, RR: 1 Reply 2, posted (11 years 4 months 3 weeks 6 days 18 hours ago) and read 1778 times:
On an AA 757 flight from DCA to DFW I sat in the captain's seat and he told me that the 757 was considered the "sports car" of the fleet. I thought that was awesome.
DouglasDC8 From Australia, joined Dec 2007, 0 posts, RR: 0 Reply 4, posted (11 years 4 months 3 weeks 6 days 18 hours ago) and read 1751 times:
My airline aquired 2 747-100's from another major US carrier that turned out to be "hangar queens." They were referred to my our mechanics as "The Lemon Sisters."
Pecoua From United States of America, joined Jan 2001, 298 posts, RR: 0 Reply 6, posted (11 years 4 months 3 weeks 6 days 18 hours ago) and read 1730 times:
737S are called "guppies" by us airline crews and I remember we called our 747SPs "Miss Piggy"
BBADXB From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 8, posted (11 years 4 months 3 weeks 6 days 18 hours ago) and read 1719 times:
I was having a great chat with the pursor of a DE 757-300 flight from Dalaman to Frankfurt and I told him that a/c enthusiast call the B753 'The flying pencil' - his reply: "For us cabin attendants it is just too long and too narrow. It should have been wide-bodied and shorter like the A310. For me it is 'The Flying Who*e'"
Best of regards to all, but especially to CONDOR crew... anyone of you great people out there??,
BBADXB sun-flyer
..& by the way, Condor is "ihr sonnenflieger", that is 'Your Sun Flyer'... & IT IS MY FAVOURITE SUN FLYER!
ATA L1011 From United States of America, joined Feb 2001, 1361 posts, RR: 7 Reply 10, posted (11 years 4 months 3 weeks 6 days 17 hours ago) and read 1695 times:
When I was with Delta the L10 was known as the TRITANIC, TENALEMON, and the QUEEN.
ATA L1011 From United States of America, joined Feb 2001, 1361 posts, RR: 7 Reply 12, posted (11 years 4 months 3 weeks 6 days 17 hours ago) and read 1688 times:
I also heard United use to call their DC-10's, Diesel 10's
David_itl From United Kingdom, joined Jun 2001, 7145 posts, RR: 14 Reply 14, posted (11 years 4 months 3 weeks 6 days 17 hours ago) and read 1676 times:
707 = bong
VC10 = whale
Sh330/360 = shed
ATP = skoda or bat
Tu134 = spider
A320 = minibus (presumably A319 is the microbus and the A318 will be the amoebabus)
Caravelle = carrott (or was it carat?)
In 1987/8, we did have a "Flying Pig" at MAN - it was a 747 operated by Lionair (either LX-FCV or LX-GCV) and wascontinually going tech.
ROSWELL41 From United States of America, joined Aug 2001, 576 posts, RR: 1 Reply 17, posted (11 years 4 months 3 weeks 6 days 16 hours ago) and read 1653 times:
At Eastern Airlines, the Airbus A300-600 was referred to as the 'Pastry Pig'.
Also, a Delta 763 captain referred to the L1011 as 'the bomber'.
MD88Captain From United States of America, joined Nov 2001, 1288 posts, RR: 22 Reply 18, posted (11 years 4 months 3 weeks 6 days 16 hours ago) and read 1645 times:
DAL had two 737-200's that were configured differently from the rest of the Express fleet. The airframes were a bit bent and they both seemed to have a mind of their own compared to the rest of the -200s. To the DAL pilots they were known as the "Twisted Sisters".
United_Fan From United States of America, joined Nov 2000, 7162 posts, RR: 8 Reply 19, posted (11 years 4 months 3 weeks 6 days 16 hours ago) and read 1637 times:
Braniff727 From United States of America, joined Sep 2000, 686 posts, RR: 1 Reply 20, posted (11 years 4 months 3 weeks 6 days 15 hours ago) and read 1628 times:
Nonrevman From United States of America, joined Nov 2001, 1289 posts, RR: 1 Reply 21, posted (11 years 4 months 3 weeks 6 days 15 hours ago) and read 1621 times:
When Braniff had that orange 747, it was called the "Great Pumpkin"
VirginA340 From United States of America, joined Jul 2005, 15 posts, RR: 0 Reply 22, posted (11 years 4 months 3 weeks 6 days 15 hours ago) and read 1617 times:
an elderly woamn told a friend of my dads who was on a business trip heading to Gatwick from Dallas said that the Braniff Big Orange looked like a giant orange penis no joke that is what she said
The MD-11 is refered to as the scud or Mega Death 11
I once heard an AA pilot at MIA call an MD-80 a Stupid 80. (When I later spoke to him he told me that he loved the 727 better) He wasn't too hooked on a 737 but he really loved the 757.
EI133 From Ireland, joined Jan 2000, 307 posts, RR: 0 Reply 24, posted (11 years 4 months 3 weeks 6 days 15 hours ago) and read 1600 times:
Some people I know who are scared of flying used to call the Shorts 360 The Vomit Comet. I have heard the 747 called the queen of the skies but other people have adopted this term for the aircraft of their choice.EI133
34 GARUDAROD: At GARUDA we had a couple of planes that were bestowed nicknames. DC-10-30 EI-BZD was leased from GPA. The plane was previously operated by WARDAIR CA
35 Deltadude8: L1011= Tritanic MD88=Mad Dog If you want funny airline humor go to http://www.thirtythousandfeet.com/humor.htm
36 Fanofjets: It's me, again. While surfing, I found a few nicknames for *individual* aircraft: Air Pacific Boeing 767-300ER Nicknamed "milkbottle" after the airlin
43 EA CO AS: America West had an older B-757-200 painted in the colors of the Arizona state flag. It was involved in multiple incidents where members of the ground
45 Climbout: I like Tritanic for the L1011 and Mad dog for the MD80 Those names are so cool. I also like Fat Albert for 737 and Stumpy for the 747sp. These names r
46 Boeing nut: I've got a few: 747 - "whale", "aluminum overcast" Citation - "slowtation" V tailed Bonanza - "doctor killer"
47 ThirtyEcho: V tailed Bonanza - "doctor killer" Well, Boeing nut, the full designation is "forked-tail doctor killer."
48 Yorkie: You won't believe this one. Within BA Concorde is affectionately known as The Rocket.
54 Areopagus: In regards to the V-tailed Bonanza is it a hrd airplane to fly?? Does the v-tail actually make any difference to handling?? The V-tail has been known
55 SBE727: I remember that Sabre Airways had a 727-200 called "lady Pratricia" and the other was called "tinks", anagrammed from the word SKINT.Need i say more.
56 Ironchain15: What about the airlines' names for their planes? For example, the last MD-83 that was delivered to TWA was called The Spirit of Long Beach. PSA also h
57 EI133: All Aer Lingus planes are named after irish saints. EI133
60 David_itl: Wouldn't the flying banana have been more applicable to a Virgin Sun aircraft? David/MAN: 1st PAN-PAN emergency of year that has just landed here!
61 GDB: Yorkie is right, 'The Rocket' is the most common nickname for Concorde, along with 'The Rocketship', The Pocket Rocket' and 'The Paraffin Pencil'. Cli
65 Skihigh2002: I've heard the 777 called the whore..... oh wait... that's my mother... never mind.. scratch that.... chris
66 FlightSimFreak: The V-tailed bonanza's are called the forked-tailed doctor killers because they are high performance, harder to controll then your trainer, high stall
67 Zobatc: Piper Navajo- "Navaslow" or "The Hoe" B727 or F-102- "The Duece" Piper Tomahawk- "Traumahawk" And finally in our tower... Mooney- "Trouble", "Pain in
68 SafetyDude: 777 "jet jet jet" I call the 747SP "the smushed plane" after all, it does look smushed! Southwest planes have names like "Lonestar" "Shamu" etc. Ameir
69 UALPHLCS: UA still calls 737s "guppies" but the 737-200 where called "thunder guppies" 727's where "three-holers" and so far as I know only in PHL we called J-3
71 Fanofjets: The US Navy had a Convair CV-880 it used in cabin decompression tests, which it nicknamed "Old Skokey." Sorry, no picture is available.
72 Fritzi: Because SAS always used to have so much trouble with their SAAB 2000´s, they were called "The Penguin". Its a bird but it can´t fly! Click for large
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