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    People don't seem to remember numbers that well, and names stir the emotion much better.


    Well, would hoards of trainspotters have queued up to see 4472, or 'The Flying Scotsman'?.

    Which sounds better; P31 or L.E.Eithne?

    Would the name X80HP inspire people the way the name Rolls Royce Merlin has?

    Will people remember the PC-9's or are they going to need a name?
    This is a totally non-serious thread, lets have a decent name for the PC-9's.
    If I get enough entries, I will impose on some poor innocent to be a judge and put up a small but worthwhile prize. [not a bloody awful tee shirt either]
    "We will hold out until our last bullet is spent. Could do with some whiskey"
    Radio transmission, siege of Jadotville DR Congo. September 1961.
    Illegitimi non carborundum

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    PC-9 Capercaillie

    Because it's a bird, swiss, scarce and 'creates a thrill of excitement when heard or seen'.

    In woodlands of the Alpine foothills, and in the Jura, the bizarre call of the capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus) rattles in the early hours of a spring dawn: first a pop, then another, followed by a quickening succession that precedes what can only be described as a cork being drawn from a bottle. The capercaillie is scarce enough in the Alps to create a thrill of excitement when heard or seen – its dark shape has easy camouflage in a beech, larch or pine wood where it can feed on assorted berries, buds and needles, but where it can also fall prey to such predators as the fox and marten, while the young are sometimes taken by a goshawk or golden eagle.

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    • #3
      Capercaillie
      That name belongs on a little 3-door hatchback, not something like the PC-9.
      "The dolphins were monkeys that didn't like the land, walked back to the water, went back from the sand."

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      • #4
        Well, ideally the IAC would have bought a decent warplane and normally they come with great names like Eagle, Viper, etc but since these aren't serious warplanes I'm going with the Flying Leprechauns.

        PS If the IAC does get a serious warplane it will have to be called the Banshee.
        Si vis pacem para bellum

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        • #5
          shite hawk ......because of all the shite generated by their inception

          cuckoo.......will throw the marchettis out of the nest

          penguin........ flightless as they will probably spend more time on the ground than in the air

          Gold eagle...never seen

          pigeons....**** all use

          Covid 19 is not over ....it's still very real..Hand Hygiene, Social Distancing and Masks.. keep safe

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          • #6
            Now , we are getting into the swing of things :D
            "We will hold out until our last bullet is spent. Could do with some whiskey"
            Radio transmission, siege of Jadotville DR Congo. September 1961.
            Illegitimi non carborundum

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            • #7
              PC - 9 Gobshite,in that you'd have to be one to buy them!
              Live long and prosper!

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              • #8
                Generally ships have names, planes other than in general aviation do not. So PC-9's don't need a name.
                "Everyone's for a free Tibet, but no one's for freeing Tibet." -Mark Steyn. What an IMO-centric quote, eh?

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                • #9
                  faughanballagh, that probally would account for , Tomcat, Eagle, Phantom, Vampire, Spitfire, Mosquito, Typhoon, Bearcat , Advenger, Raptor, Jaguar, Superfortress, Stratofortress, Hurricane,Beaufighter, Lancaster, Halifax, Blenhnim, Lightening, Thunderbolt, Falcon, Skyhawk, Skyraider ect, ect..........................or have I missed the point? :D
                  "We will hold out until our last bullet is spent. Could do with some whiskey"
                  Radio transmission, siege of Jadotville DR Congo. September 1961.
                  Illegitimi non carborundum

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                  • #10
                    Generally ships have names, planes other than in general aviation do not. So PC-9's don't need a name.
                    Nearly all planes come with some name or other, many come with a nickname eg A10 Thunderbolt is most often known as the Warthog and most have gained an individual name from their pilots and mechanics.As I sit here now I'm looking at models of planes that have become famous such as the Enola Gay, Memphis Belle or just names like Little Eva, Black Peter, Angel of Death etc.

                    Trivia, which plane which was originaly named "Viper", ended up being called by a completely different name by everyone for apparently no reason and received the nickname of the "Electric Jet" because of its not so advanced fly-by-wire system and eventually rather disparagingly as the "Lawndart" for a tendancy to end up stuck in the ground.
                    Si vis pacem para bellum

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                    • #11
                      lawndart ....I love it.......hee hee !

                      the older beech 200 king airs were known as the evening hearld due to their dayglo striping..

                      Aer lingus shorts 330s and 360s were vomit comits ...they were not presurised and passengers invariably puke.

                      Ryanairs ATR 42 EI -BYO was patch...because of the amount of times the ground crew in luton crashed into her !:-patriot: :-patriot:
                      Covid 19 is not over ....it's still very real..Hand Hygiene, Social Distancing and Masks.. keep safe

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                      • #12
                        There was an Avro 504 on the Air Corps strength known as the submarine because of it's inablity to climb above 500 ft.
                        FTD, I think ya mean the F-16 Falcon,
                        don'tcha? :D :D
                        "We will hold out until our last bullet is spent. Could do with some whiskey"
                        Radio transmission, siege of Jadotville DR Congo. September 1961.
                        Illegitimi non carborundum

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                        • #13
                          PC9 Stopgap...Not quite a fighter,but will have to do till the Yanks arrive to bail us out.. :D


                          Catch-22 says they have a right to do anything we can't stop them from doing.

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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by ForkTailedDevil
                            Trivia, which plane which was originaly named "Viper", ended up being called by a completely different name by everyone for apparently no reason and received the nickname of the "Electric Jet" because of its not so advanced fly-by-wire system and eventually rather disparagingly as the "Lawndart" for a tendancy to end up stuck in the ground.
                            It started out life as the Fighting Falcon and had "Viper" applied to it subsequently.

                            There was talk briefly about "Mustang II".

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                            • #15
                              Since we are doing this trivia thing I might start an AFM tradition here.The Quiz.A test of your military knowledge past and present.Should sort the geeks from the normal people (if we have any of those on the board).
                              Si vis pacem para bellum

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