Aircraft nickname around the world

[corran.pl]

Unoffciial nicknames in Poland


Mi-2 - teapot





MiG-21 - pencil

[Dinges]

SAAF fighter jets in general: Vlamgat - Afrikaans for Flaming Arsehole , hence pilots were Vlamgat drivers.

C130/C160 - Flossie

[Einhander]

Any kind of rotary wing aircraft with the German military: Wolkenquirl (cloud whisk)

Any kind of rotary for Russians - вертушка (vertushka - literally "a spinner")

Also poetically, from Afghan' campaign times - "Helicopters are the souls of a fallen tanks"

[armored_diplomacy]

Argentina:

C-130: Chancha
IA-58: Puca
Mirages: Deltas

[gaz]

I've heard Chinooks referred to as shit-hooks.

[Elbs]

And my favorite:
CH-46 Sea Knight: Whistling Shitcan Of Death

Whistling Shitcan was also for the A-3 Skywarrior and the Harrier.

[Partial_Panel]

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.)

[JCR]

The Su-22 was "Susi" in the East German Air Force, while the An-2 was "Anna", for equally obvious reasons.

[skyeye]

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

[Divinity]

in Iran
F-4 = Flying Coffin

[simonov]

Unoffciial nicknames in Poland


Mi-2 - teapot





MiG-21 - pencil

thx, but can u give the name in polish? thx how about Mi-24, F-16, MiG-29 and Su-22 ?

[simonov]

in Iran
F-4 = Flying Coffin

In Farsi? how can they call it Flying Coffin?

[simonov]

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.

[simonov]

just ask nicknamed of JAS 39 in Sweden, Czech and Hungary

[Engine Mech]

BAC strikemaster=Blunty. CT4B Airtrainer=Tin Sparrow.