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[Indrek]

[Peter Twydell[_2_]]

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Known to the RAF as the "Whistling Wheelbarrow".
--
Peter

Ying tong iddle-i po!

[Indrek Aaviso]

"Peter Twydell" > wrote in message
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> In message >, Indrek
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> Known to the RAF as the "Whistling Wheelbarrow".
> --
> Peter
>
> Ying tong iddle-i po!

Yes, armed forces around the world do have a predilection for coining
irreverent names for their kit.

e.g. Walrus = Shagbat; B-52 =BUFF etc.

Cheers,

Indrek Aavisto


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Criticism is easy; achievement is difficult W.S. Churchill

[Peter Twydell[_2_]]

In message >, Indrek
Aaviso > writes
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>"Peter Twydell" > wrote in message
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>> In message >, Indrek
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>>>
>>>
>>>[ A UUEncoded file (AW Argosy DSC_0970.jpg) was included here. ]
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>> Known to the RAF as the "Whistling Wheelbarrow".
>> -- Peter
>>
>> Ying tong iddle-i po!
>
>Yes, armed forces around the world do have a predilection for coining
>irreverent names for their kit.
>
>e.g. Walrus = Shagbat; B-52 =BUFF etc.
>
>Cheers,
>
>Indrek Aavisto
>
>

Here are a few you might or might not know:
http://www.b737.org.uk/aircraftnicknames.htm

Plus:
Shorts Skyvan: Five-ton Budgie
Douglas F3D Skyknight: Drut
Tornado: The Mighty Fin
MRCA (Tornado predecessor): Mother Riley's Cardboard Aeroplane, Must
Re-spar Canberra Again
Chinook: ****hook, Wokka
CF-100: Clunk
--
Peter

Ying tong iddle-i po!

[Andrew Chaplin]

Peter Twydell > wrote in
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> In message >, Indrek
> Aaviso > writes
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>>"Peter Twydell" > wrote in message
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>>> In message >, Indrek
> writes
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>[ A UUEncoded file (AW Argosy DSC_0970.jpg) was included here. ]
>>>>
>>> Known to the RAF as the "Whistling Wheelbarrow".
>>> -- Peter
>>>
>>> Ying tong iddle-i po!
>>
>>Yes, armed forces around the world do have a predilection for coining
>>irreverent names for their kit.
>>
>>e.g. Walrus = Shagbat; B-52 =BUFF etc.
>>
>>Cheers,
>>
>>Indrek Aavisto
>>
>>
>
> Here are a few you might or might not know:
> http://www.b737.org.uk/aircraftnicknames.htm
>
> Plus:
> Shorts Skyvan: Five-ton Budgie
> Douglas F3D Skyknight: Drut
> Tornado: The Mighty Fin
> MRCA (Tornado predecessor): Mother Riley's Cardboard Aeroplane, Must
> Re-spar Canberra Again
> Chinook: ****hook, Wokka
> CF-100: Clunk

Swordfish: "Stringbag"
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Andrew Chaplin
SIT MIHI GLADIUS SICUT SANCTO MARTINO
(If you're going to e-mail me, you'll have to get "yourfinger." out.)

[Peter Twydell[_2_]]

In message >, Andrew Chaplin
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>Peter Twydell > wrote in
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>> In message >, Indrek
>> Aaviso > writes
>>>
>>>"Peter Twydell" > wrote in message
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>>>> In message >, Indrek
> writes
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>[ A UUEncoded file (AW Argosy DSC_0970.jpg) was included here. ]
>>>>>
>>>> Known to the RAF as the "Whistling Wheelbarrow".
>>>> -- Peter
>>>>
>>>> Ying tong iddle-i po!
>>>
>>>Yes, armed forces around the world do have a predilection for coining
>>>irreverent names for their kit.
>>>
>>>e.g. Walrus = Shagbat; B-52 =BUFF etc.
>>>
>>>Cheers,
>>>
>>>Indrek Aavisto
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Here are a few you might or might not know:
>> http://www.b737.org.uk/aircraftnicknames.htm
>>
>> Plus:
>> Shorts Skyvan: Five-ton Budgie
>> Douglas F3D Skyknight: Drut
>> Tornado: The Mighty Fin
>> MRCA (Tornado predecessor): Mother Riley's Cardboard Aeroplane, Must
>> Re-spar Canberra Again
>> Chinook: ****hook, Wokka
>> CF-100: Clunk
>
>Swordfish: "Stringbag"

That's in the list on the web page.

I did forget the Brick, the Blackburn Buccaneer.
--
Peter

Ying tong iddle-i po!

[Morgans[_2_]]

"Peter Twydell" > wrote \\

> Here are a few you might or might not know:
> http://www.b737.org.uk/aircraftnicknames.htm
>
> Plus:
> Shorts Skyvan: Five-ton Budgie
> Douglas F3D Skyknight: Drut
> Tornado: The Mighty Fin
> MRCA (Tornado predecessor): Mother Riley's Cardboard Aeroplane, Must
> Re-spar Canberra Again
> Chinook: ****hook, Wokka
> CF-100: Clunk

One of my favorites always was:

"Short Little Ugly ****er"
--
Jim in NC

[Werner Heisenberg]

On Tue, 17 Aug 2010 08:18:09 +0100, Peter Twydell
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>In message >, Indrek
> writes
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>>[ A UUEncoded file (AW Argosy DSC_0970.jpg) was included here. ]
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>Known to the RAF as the "Whistling Wheelbarrow".

In my RAF service we called it the "Whistling Tit" on account of the
Cloud & Clunk radar dome fitted on the nose looking like a nipple.
Stop the pigeon!

[Werner Heisenberg]

We always called it "The Whistling Tit"

On Tue, 17 Aug 2010 08:18:09 +0100, Peter Twydell
> wrote:

>In message >, Indrek
> writes
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>>[ A UUEncoded file (AW Argosy DSC_0970.jpg) was included here. ]
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>Known to the RAF as the "Whistling Wheelbarrow".