# Need a clever airplane name. **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 24, 2008, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-clever-airplane-name/434822 "2008-01-24T15:21:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Santo\_Rugger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@Santo\_Rugger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Santo_Rugger)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2008, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-clever-airplane-name/434822/21 "2008-01-24T17:56:23Z")
[QUOTE=Really Not All That Bright] \ How about **Mr. Clean’s Wife**? [/QUOTE] Magic Eraser Magic Eraseyou ---
**Author:** ![RedSwinglineOne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a9adbd/32.png) [@RedSwinglineOne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RedSwinglineOne)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2008, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-clever-airplane-name/434822/22 "2008-01-24T18:01:20Z")
“Ala de la Muerte” Wing of death. I’m trusting babelfish for the translation. ---
**Author:** ![Jurph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/50afbb/32.png) [@Jurph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jurph)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2008, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-clever-airplane-name/434822/23 "2008-01-24T18:04:57Z")
How about **J** ust **A** nother **W** ing, **S** on? Alternatively, “The Swiffer” has a Mr. Clean connection, an implied boast about speed (“Mine’s swiffer than yourn”), and for a bonus sounds like Flipper. At the finish line, you definitely want to hear them say something like “And JAWS beats Flipper,” or “The Swiffer beats the Flipper!” ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2008, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-clever-airplane-name/434822/24 "2008-01-24T18:43:38Z")
**Wing Of Doom** ---
**Author:** ![UncaStuart](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uncastuart/32/404_2.png) [@UncaStuart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncaStuart)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2008, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-clever-airplane-name/434822/25 "2008-01-24T18:55:19Z")
Flying Wedgie ---
**Author:** ![dmatsch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3be4f8/32.png) [@dmatsch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dmatsch)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2008, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-clever-airplane-name/434822/26 "2008-01-24T20:09:33Z")
Velocithingy. Mach 5.5 Oscillation Overthruster Big Bird on Fire (because it’s yellow and has flames) ---
**Author:** ![11811](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/9d8465/32.png) [@11811](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/11811)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2008, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-clever-airplane-name/434822/27 "2008-01-24T21:53:12Z")
The Flipper Flamer ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2008, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-clever-airplane-name/434822/28 "2008-01-24T22:24:27Z")
I like British Airway’s radio call sign **Speedbird** ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2008, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-clever-airplane-name/434822/29 "2008-01-24T22:29:48Z")
Kessel Runner (it’ll do it in 12 parsecs!) Mahi Mahi (because Flipper was a dolphin, and mahi mahi is the dolphinfish) ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2008, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-clever-airplane-name/434822/30 "2008-01-24T22:49:35Z")
Tachyon ---
**Author:** ![brewha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@brewha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brewha)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2008, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-clever-airplane-name/434822/31 "2008-01-24T23:01:05Z")
Tachyon? Sadly, as a mechanical engineer I get it. I am that much of a geek. What’s worse? I like it. It’s edgy. It’s a cool looking word. I’ll have to explain it to every person that sees it painted on my plane. But, OTOH, I really like Cannatuna - the Flipper killer. It’ll be at least a week before it’s warm enough for a test flight - it could be months. So, I have time to choose a name. ---
**Author:** ![Astroboy14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2008, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-clever-airplane-name/434822/32 "2008-01-24T23:27:14Z")
Formula 410? (see it’s one better than Formula 409…) Lame… I got nothin’. ---
**Author:** ![Roadfood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9fc348/32.png) [@Roadfood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roadfood)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2008, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-clever-airplane-name/434822/33 "2008-01-24T23:29:53Z")
In a sly nod to the SDMB, I suggest: Whoosh. ---
**Author:** ![Yeticus\_Rex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a698b9/32.png) [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2008, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-clever-airplane-name/434822/34 "2008-01-24T23:45:39Z")
**Dr. Dirty’s Flying Tea-Canner of Whooshass Tuna**. This has a multi-dimensional play on quite a few names here. ---
**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2008, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-clever-airplane-name/434822/35 "2008-01-24T23:54:07Z")
14 Kinds of Glory in a Flipper Plane Defeater? Sorry. ---
**Author:** ![puppygod](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@puppygod](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puppygod)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2008, 9:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-clever-airplane-name/434822/36 "2008-01-25T09:41:34Z")
**Weather Balloon**? I always wanted to name something flying and looking like honest-to-god UFO a weather balloon. Would be hilarious to argue with some UFO-crazy witness whether “that thing” was UFO or weather balloon and knowing that you really know better 😃 Also, Iain Banks in his Culture books have [coolest names for spaceships ever](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ships_%28The_Culture%29) . ---
**Author:** ![puppygod](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@puppygod](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puppygod)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2008, 9:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-clever-airplane-name/434822/37 "2008-01-25T09:50:06Z")
Missed edit window: Also, imagine mocking after you win. “You call your plane fast, **Mr. Clean**? It’s slower than friggin’ weather balloon!” ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2008, 10:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-clever-airplane-name/434822/38 "2008-01-25T10:37:33Z")
How about anti-names like **May Not Explode**? (I like Iain Banks’ ship names from his _Culture_ series - [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List\_of\_ships\_(The\_Culture)](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ships_(The_Culture)) ) ---
**Author:** ![Silence\_of\_the\_clams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Silence\_of\_the\_clams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silence_of_the_clams)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2008, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-clever-airplane-name/434822/39 "2008-01-25T16:04:53Z")
I like the flame paintjob. How about: the Blazing Emu Kiwi-Dreams of Fire or Team Penguin Explosion Great Tits of Fire (the duality should make it family friendly 😉 ) ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2008, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-clever-airplane-name/434822/40 "2008-01-25T16:08:21Z")
How about calling it _The Fucking Bastard_ - and explaining to people that it’s a reference to a dog you once knew - of a particular breed, that lived in the Austrian town of Fucking. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-clever-airplane-name/434822.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-clever-airplane-name/434822.md?page=3)