So, it occurs to me that lots of airplanes get what I consider to be highly amusing nicknames (I’ll name a few in a moment), so I figure we should have a thread listing (and explaining, if possible or necessary) funny nicknames for various things (vehicles, buildings, whatever).
My short list to start with:
F-16 Fighting Falcon, AKA “The Lawn Dart” (It’s got a dart-like pointy tip on the nose, and early in their career the planes were plagued with crashes)
F-15 Eagle, AKA “The Flying Tennis Court” (If you ever look at the top of this plane, you are presented to a huge expanse of relatively flat area)
B-52 Stratofortress, AKA the BUFF (Big Ugly Fat Fu -erm- Friend), it’s Big, it’s Ugly, and it’s Fat.
Cessna T-37, AKA the “Tweet” or “6,000lb Dog Whistle” (very loud, very high-pitched engines)
RA-5 Vigilante, AKA the Passionate Pachyderm (relatively huge Navy recconisance/strike bomber, known for the elephant-like squealing sounds the engines made as the pilot came in for landing on carriers).