Nicknames?

[Groundloop]

Anyone care to share a little info on how some aircraft got there nicknames? Curiuous about pigboat and turbo swine. Thanks

[roscoe]

"Pigboat" is a common handle for the Canso (PBY-5A family) Probably coined because the old girl often acts a bit like a submarine in the wrong hands.
Ask me how I know.

[Groundloop]

Thanks roscoe. Anyone know which aircraft they call the swine?

[Rowdy]

Turbo Otter = swine

Piston otter = stoneboat

Twin otter = twotter, two headed float rodent etc etc

Cessnas = spamcan, buck eighty five, dollar eighty etc etc

[Meecka]

Havn't heard a Cessna called a "spamcan" in a while. That just made my day, and made miss working on floats some more.

Beaver= Rodent
Cessna 206= 2 by 6

[Rowdy]

The 206 on floats garners a lot of scowl... like 2 oh sucks... two slow six , crowd killer etc

[north son]

Re: CANSO

Heard that when they were building it the pilots would say,
"this thing can't fly" and the engineers would say it can so.

[Siddley Hawker]

I always thought the whistling tit was kinda apt for the HP Argosy.

[Brantford Beech Boy]

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[Maynard]

I think the crowd killer belongs to the 207 more so than the 206.

[Pete]

152 I used to instruct in = stinky piles of shit

[Rowdy]

I think the crowd killer belongs to the 207 more so than the 206.

they both have that stupid back door...

[cgzro]

"golden turd"

Used affectionatley one day by a frustrated f-86 mechanic
Just about died laughing:)

"lawn dart". The f104 .... not quite so funny.

[sammy]

siddley were you refering to the Argosys that Transair had? I flew with that a/c in the arctic out of resolute bay, as a grunt. Roscoe was one of the enginers on it, on one of my tours for a whooping 350.00 @month. I can not remember who the other engineers or pilots were. Had fun though.

[Meatservo]

A "stoneboat" is a crude wooden sled used to drag heavy stuff around on. I imagine the Single Otter was called the same thing for a similar reason. I don't know why the Turbo Otter is called a "swine" other than "turbine" rhymes with "swine", sort of. It's still a "stoneboat" to me.

[Meecka]

"golden turd"

Used affectionatley one day by a frustrated f-86 mechanic
Just about died laughing:)

Oops! None of us thought anyone had heard us call it that! Yikes.

[iflyforpie]

I think the crowd killer belongs to the 207 more so than the 206.

they both have that stupid back door...

Actually, the door on the 207 is pretty sweet because it is behind the flaps, plus you have a full-size R/H passenger door.

[Siddley Hawker]

siddley were you refering to the Argosys that Transair had? I flew with that a/c in the arctic out of resolute bay, as a grunt. Roscoe was one of the enginers on it, on one of my tours for a whooping 350.00 @month. I can not remember who the other engineers or pilots were. Had fun though.

Yeah sammy, those were the ones. They were down here during the summer of 1969 for the Churchill Falls airlift.

[cgzro]

"golden turd"
Used affectionatley one day by a frustrated f-86 mechanic
Just about died laughing:)

Oops! None of us thought anyone had heard us call it that! Yikes.

Sailors would blush if they could hear what I call my otherwise beloved Pitts when I'm changing the gas tank for the second time in a year. Unlike you guys my hanger is always empty so I'm safe

[Meecka]

Sailors would turn and run if they heard what I call the P-40 on occasion! Usually when I'm stuffed in the tail sitting on the batteries.

To continue with the thread topic....

Corsair= whistling death (by the unfortunates on the ground)
Jetstream= Jetscream

[north son]

siddley were you refering to the Argosys that Transair had? I flew with that a/c in the arctic out of resolute bay, as a grunt. Roscoe was one of the enginers on it, on one of my tours for a whooping 350.00 @month. I can not remember who the other engineers or pilots were. Had fun though.

Yeah sammy, those were the ones. They were down here during the summer of 1969 for the Churchill Falls airlift.

I remember seeing Billy Heatherington in Resolute as a pilot on the Argosy in the early 70"s.
Didn't know the other fellas.

[Rowdy]

Sailors would turn and run if they heard what I call the P-40 on occasion! Usually when I'm stuffed in the tail sitting on the batteries.

To continue with the thread topic....

Corsair= whistling death (by the unfortunates on the ground)
Jetstream= Jetscream

I thought the J31 was the junkstream or slowstream? hahaha

'27's are three holers

[iflyforpie]

Beech 18. Wichita Bug Smasher.

DC-3. Douglas Racer.

Aeronca. Airknocker.

Cessna 421. Golden Turkey.

Tomahawk. Traumahawk.

Jetstar. Death Star.

Jet Ranger. Death Ranger.

Astar. Falling Star.

T-33. T-Bird, Tee Tweety Twee.

Skymaster. Sky Smasher, Sky Basher, Sky Maggot, MIx Master, Push Pull, Suck and Blow, Huff and Puff.

[Rowdy]

I know some that call the turbine dc3.. dougie daycare..

I liked what the AC cargo guys called the DC8... a greasy eight.. and then a bunch of the particular machines had nicknames..

[roscoe]

siddley were you refering to the Argosys that Transair had? I flew with that a/c in the arctic out of resolute bay, as a grunt. Roscoe was one of the enginers on it, on one of my tours for a whooping 350.00 @month. I can not remember who the other engineers or pilots were. Had fun though.

Yeah sammy, those were the ones. They were down here during the summer of 1969 for the Churchill Falls airlift.

Sorry guys, the first Midwest/TransAir Argosy didn't arrive in Canada until April 1970, Of the four that were left from BEA's fleet, only two operated in Canada. The other two were registered, but were kept "in bond" until they left the country for New Zealand and Australia in 1976 or thereabouts. (with short side trips to Ireland and Luxembourg on leases) Only one remains, more or less intact in NZ formerly TAJ. Two were reduced to scrap in Australia, and I can't recall where the fourth fetched up.
BTW "Whistling Tit" refered to the RAF versions with the very prominent radome, "Screaming Wheelbarrow" or "That F*^&^%$#g pile of S%%#$t" were often applied.
Best comment by flight services out of YRB; "Caution, possible departing Argosy ahead of the cloud of smoke"
Oh the memories ....(nightmares)!