Famous Names of Airplanes

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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China Clipper. Southern Cross. Bock’s Car. Rare Bear. Grosvenor House.

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*nevermind … boats aren’t planes *

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Jason , Amy Johnson’s Gypsy Moth aeroplane on her solo flight from the UK to Australia in 1930.
But maybe not so famous now.

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Lady Be Good

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Messenger. NC-4. Lady Be Good. Maxim Gorky. Iron Annie. Cannibal Queen.

In the Air Force One series: Sacred Cow. Independence. Columbine. 76000.

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I didn’t remember the Gossamer Condor, but I do remember when the Gossamer Albatross flew.

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Miss America, a famous P-51 racing airplane.

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“Flying Laboratory” is apparently what Amelia Earhart called her Lockheed Electra.

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The Josephine Ford. June Bug. G-EAOU.

In the Douglas World Cruiser family, Boston, Chicago, New Orleans, and Seattle.

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Do nicknames given after a memorable event count, even if it was never the official name of the plane? If so, then I submit the Gimli Glider. The name really stuck - I know someone at Air Canada who said that it was much more common in her department to refer to the aircraft as the Glider than as C-GAUN.

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According to the FAA, it’s an airplane. Specifically, a glider; N328KF.


                           Aircraft Description  
  
 Serial Number:          001                     Type Registration:      Corporation   
 Manufacturer Name:      SCALED COMPOSITES LLC   Certificate Issue Date: 03/20/2003  
 Model:                  316                     Status:                 Valid  
 Type Aircraft:          Glider                  Type Engine:            None  
 Pending Number:         Change None             Dealer:                 No  
 Date Change Authorized: None                    Mode S Code:            50706357  
 MFR Year:               2003                    Fractional Owner:       NO
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My Little Ship
Old Crow
Gee Bee
Winnie Mae
SB2C Hell Diver (AKA Son of a Bitch 2nd Class)

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I made a coding error in my previous post.

‘Pending Number: Change None’ should be ‘Pending Number Change: None’

Not that it matters, since I was just pointing out that SpaceShipOne is officially a Glider.

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Do commercial airliners get names, even unofficially and/or colloquially?

As in, this Southwest Airlines Boeing 747 is known to the crew as “The Brick With Wings” and that Southwest Airlines Boeing 747 is known to the crew as “Moanin’ Lisa”?

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http://www.southwest.com/about_swa/airborne.html

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At some airlines, it’s formal. British Airways names each of its planes, with a different theme for each type. Pan Am used to as well, and I’ve seen names on KLM noses too.

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L’Oiseau Blanc, gone without a trace trying to cross the Atlantic.

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America. Tingmissartoq. Question Mark. Ole Miss.

Mystery Ship. Solution. Super Solution.

Mister Mulligan.

Excalibur, Exeter, and Excambian.

Ze plane! Ze plane!

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Utah Man

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Small claim to fame: I’ve actually flown aboard the Gimli Glider before she retired.