Reply With QuoteSAAF fighter jets in general: Vlamgat - Afrikaans for Flaming Arsehole , hence pilots were Vlamgat drivers.
C130/C160 - Flossie
Unoffciial nicknames in Poland
Mi-2 - teapot
MiG-21 - pencil
SAAF fighter jets in general: Vlamgat - Afrikaans for Flaming Arsehole , hence pilots were Vlamgat drivers.
C130/C160 - Flossie
Any kind of rotary for Russians - вертушка (vertushka - literally "a spinner")Originally Posted by muck
Also poetically, from Afghan' campaign times - "Helicopters are the souls of a fallen tanks"
Argentina:
C-130: Chancha
IA-58: Puca
Mirages: Deltas
I've heard Chinooks referred to as shit-hooks.
Whistling Shitcan was also for the A-3 Skywarrior and the Harrier.
That was what the navy called their 46's. I was a Marine and never heard ours called that.
We called Harriers "Dead Bugs", because the early ones would flip over and crash while hovering, occasionally.
(This was in the 80's, for what it's worth.)
The Su-22 was "Susi" in the East German Air Force, while the An-2 was "Anna", for equally obvious reasons.
OV-1 Mohawk = Flying Rock; Whispering Death (Vietcong nickname)
Cessna O-2 Skymaster = Oscar Deuce; Duck; Duck; Mixmaster; Push-Pull; Cessna Suck-Blow; The B.S. Bomber
Aeronca’s Model 65 TC "Defender" = Grasshopper
Fairchild C-119 = Flying Boxcar; Crowd Killer; Dollar-19; Shadow (AC-119G gunship); Stinger (AC-119K gunship)
Stearman PT-17 "Kaydet" = Yellow Peril
Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress = Fort; Flying Coffin
Consolidated B-24 Liberator = Lib; Ford's Folly; Flying Boxcar; Liberator Express
Douglas C-47 Skytrain / Dakota = Gooney Bird; Skytrooper; Biscuit Bomber
Rockwell OV-10 Bronco = Bronc
McDonnell-Douglas F-4 Phantom = Double Ugly; Rhino; Old Smokey; Lead Sled; Elephant
Martin B-26 Marauder = Widow-Maker; The Flying Coffin; B-Dash-Crash; The Flying Prostitute; The Baltimore Whore
in Iran
F-4 = Flying Coffin
thx, but can u give the name in polish? thx how about Mi-24, F-16, MiG-29 and Su-22 ?Unoffciial nicknames in Poland
Mi-2 - teapot
MiG-21 - pencil
In Farsi? how can they call it Flying Coffin?
Hungary:
Mi-2: Repülő Csirkecomb (Flying chicken leg)
MiG-29: Nagyvas (big iron), or Kétfarkú (twintail)
L-39 is known as Alba
Mi-24 as Mihu (Mi + the shortened ****aunciation of number 24)
Mi-8 as Minyó (Mi + the shortened ****aunciation of number 8).
Zlin Z-43 as Ordító Egér (screaming mouse)
An-26 (and generally every Antonovs e.g. An-2) as Ancsa (nick for Annamerie)
Turkey
UH-1 / AB-204 / AB-205: "Pat Pat", because of the sound of the engine.
S-70: "Karakus", meaning "Dark Bird" because of the dark blue / black overall color of the helicopter.
just ask nicknamed of JAS 39 in Sweden, Czech and Hungary
BAC strikemaster=Blunty. CT4B Airtrainer=Tin Sparrow.
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