# 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:** 9\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2008, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-clever-airplane-name/434822/41 "2008-01-25T16:15:22Z")
The Spruce Moose (with a Big Caboose?) ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2008, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-clever-airplane-name/434822/42 "2008-01-25T16:21:34Z")
**Bicentennial Condor** (20 geek points to anyone who can name where this “Millennium Falcon” parody is from) ---
**Author:** ![Myself](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8491ac/32.png) [@Myself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Myself)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2008, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-clever-airplane-name/434822/43 "2008-01-26T01:02:26Z")
“Light speed” Not "The light speed, just “Light Speed.” Paint it jet, flat black with a leading edge of glossy snow-white that resembles the jump to light speed in the StarWars. I envision a sort of paint dripping effect, but ‘streaks’ are the same thickness. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2008, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-clever-airplane-name/434822/44 "2008-01-26T01:05:59Z")
[QUOTE=Myself] “Light speed” Not "The light speed, just “Light Speed.” Paint it jet, flat black with a leading edge of glossy snow-white that resembles the jump to light speed in the StarWars. I envision a sort of paint dripping effect, but ‘streaks’ are the same thickness. [/QUOTE] It’s the plane that made the Kessel run in less than 12 parsecs! ---
**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 26, 2008, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-clever-airplane-name/434822/45 "2008-01-26T01:08:44Z")
[QUOTE=Really Not All That Bright] It’s the plane that made the Kessel run in less than 12 parsecs! [/QUOTE] Depends who shoots first. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2008, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-clever-airplane-name/434822/46 "2008-01-26T02:30:32Z")
How about The Flipper Chipper? Or the Flipper Whipper? ---
**Author:** ![wheelie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b4bc9f/32.png) [@wheelie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wheelie)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2008, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-clever-airplane-name/434822/47 "2008-01-26T03:26:09Z")
[Kevin ‘Bloody’ Wilson] Call it 'The Missus", that way you know she’ll never go down on you! [/KBW] ---
**Author:** ![Declan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecae2f/32.png) [@Declan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Declan)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2008, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-clever-airplane-name/434822/48 "2008-01-26T06:54:14Z")
[QUOTE=brewha] The other guy’s forum name is **Mr.Clean** and his plane is called the Flipper. Anything that would insinuate that my plane is faster/better/sexier would be a bonus. [/QUOTE] Snake eater Declan ---
**Author:** ![Myself](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8491ac/32.png) [@Myself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Myself)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2008, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-clever-airplane-name/434822/49 "2008-01-26T16:29:22Z")
When naming a new product isn’t it preferable that the name have something to do with the genre? Or with it’s job or quality? And with some dignity and style? Don’t the best names will have ‘all the above’ qualities.’ Planes have names that have to do with birds, the wind, etc. Job or quality: jet fighters are called Sabre, Phantom, Stealth Bomber, etc. You rarely find products with names that are based on a joke because not everyone will get the joke and if they don’t, the reaction will be, “That’s lame.” If I understood you, your main thrust is ‘speed’ and/or ‘invincibility.’ [Fighter planes, International list](http://www.fighter-planes.com/) [Fastest aircraft, international](http://www.globalaircraft.org/top50.htm) I still maintain that “Light Speed” is best of the bunch above, with “Whoosh” a close second. “Invincible” comes to mind now, maybe “Invictus.” Perhaps a focus group–of strangers, or strangers connected to radio planes; not family or friends–might be helpful. But, of course, it’s your baby, Brewha. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-clever-airplane-name/434822.md?page=2)