Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!att!cbnews!military From: adrian@cs.heriot-watt.ac.uk (Adrian Hurt) Newsgroups: sci.military Subject: Re: Aircraft Nicknames Message-ID: <1990Sep18.024251.20000@cbnews.att.com> Date: 18 Sep 90 02:42:51 GMT References: <1990Sep11.024414.14310@cbnews.att.com> Sender: military@cbnews.att.com (William B. Thacker) Organization: Computer Science, Heriot-Watt U., Scotland Lines: 36 Approved: military@att.att.com From: Adrian Hurt In article <1990Sep11.024414.14310@cbnews.att.com> jem3@pyuxf.bellcore.com (John E McKillop) writes: >B-36, Convair Peacemaker = Aluminum Overcast; and Magnesium Overcast >... >C-124, Douglas Globemaster II = Aluminum Overcast; and Old Shaky >... >F-15, McDonnell Douglas Eagle = Great Bird Rodan; Big Bird; Tennis Court > (a match could be played on its fuselage and wings); and Aluminum > Overcast So, which one is the real Aluminum Overcast? :-) >F-117, Lockheed = The Black Jet; Nighthawk; Frisbee; and F-19 (NOTE: > "Wobbly Goblin" is purely a media creation) I thought F-19 was the code applied to the fictitious (?) curvy stealth aircraft, as depicted in several models and a computer game. >EA-6, Grumman Intruder/Prowler = Sterile Arrow The A-6 is the Intruder; the EA-6, the ECM version of the A-6, is the Prowler. Which is the "Sterile Arrow"? >Focke-Wulf FW-190D = Dora; and Ameisenbar (Anteater) Also called "Langnase Dora" - "Long nose Dora". The D version of the FW 190 had a different engine from the earlier versions, and therefore a longer nose. "Keyboard? How quaint!" - M. Scott Adrian Hurt | JANET: adrian@uk.ac.hw.cs UUCP: ..!ukc!cs.hw.ac.uk!adrian | ARPA: adrian@cs.hw.ac.uk