Aircraft Nicknames

[LightningGoose]

I know Tiffy for Typhoon, Tonka for Tornado, and Wokka for Chinook, are there more?

[Blackcat1]

To me Tiffy just sounds pathetic lol, not sure of any other callsigns, i just call them by their proper names ;-)

[POL]

Moose! (C-17)
Womble (Embraer 170, I know it's civil, but take a look at the Alitalia ones and it'll make sense!)
Boeing (KC-135s)

[exleckie]

I can't say that I'm a fan of the nickname 'Tonka' it used to be the 'Mighty Fin' and 'Flicknife' for the F3

[Flyingmonster]

Tincan - Tucano
Fat Albert - Hercules
Bone - B1
Bomerang - B2
BUFF - B52

are a few I can think of

[Gary]

Wasn't there a thread like this this before? Seem to remember it getting loads of replies. Or was it on the old board that got deleted?

Just done a search and couldn't find it

[Nighthawke]

A couple off the top of my head:

A-7 SLUF (Short Little Ugly - er- Fellow) or something similar

F-104 Flying Coffin and Widow Maker

There must be plenty more - just can't think at the moment.

[Rotörhead]

I call Squirrels Squids

[RichC]

To me Tiffy just sounds pathetic lol, not sure of any other callsigns, i just call them by their proper names ;-)

It gets my back up when people refer to Typhoon as Tiffy, what plank made that up?

[Gary]

To me Tiffy just sounds pathetic lol, not sure of any other callsigns, i just call them by their proper names ;-)

It gets my back up when people refer to Typhoon as Tiffy, what plank made that up?

Got to agree with you there, i hate it being referred to as Tiffy

F-15E - Beagle
A-6 Intruder - Flying Drumstick

[LightningGoose]

Don't particularly like Tiffy either...
But I do think it suits the Eurofighter Typhoon, especially when it is not carrying missiles, drop tanks etc.

[Nighthawke]

I must have missed something somewhere. but please can someone explain Dave for the F35. Probably blindingly obvious but in my ignorance I can't see it...anyone?

Thanks
Ian

[gonk]

Before the tornado got its name,it was the MRCA,mother riley's cardboard airplane,

F111 flying Xmas tree [due to the amount of lights on the thing]

F4 toom or spam can.

[Blackcat1]

I always though it was for "Dave" Cameron lol ;-)

[graham luxton]

F-111 Vark
EF-111 Spark Vark
F-102 Deuce
H-21 Flying Banana
H-43 Pedro
A-3 Whale
MC-131 Bandage Bird
C-124 Shakie / Magnesium Cloud
B-36 Aluminium Overcast
U-2 Article
C-97E Talking Bird
EC-135A/H Silk Purse
EC-135A/C Looking Glass

[steve149c]

Alot of these are not nicknames - they are either the Manufacturers names, ie given at conception (project names) or the NATO designations.

The F-111 being the Aardvark for example, or F-14 Tomcat. Nicknames are given by the general public, eg Tiffie, Tonka, even Phoon now (short for Typhoon)!

Got to ask, what is so hard about saying Typhoon? I hate Tiffie.....

[TS010]

FLYING FUEL LEAK Lightning
FRIGHTNING Lightning

Never heard those when I was at Binbrook.

[Fighterfoto]

At a Tiger Meet Dinner at Heyford once I heard an F-111 pilot refer to a German Tornado as a 'swing wing Alphajet'!

F-111 Switchblade
OH-6. Little Bird
S-3 Hoover

[LightningGoose]

Tornado - MRCA or Must Replace Canberra Again.

That's a good one!

[gonk]

FLYING FUEL LEAK Lightning
FRIGHTNING Lightning

Never heard those when I was at Binbrook.

Me too, on the line it was OH **** not another wheel change