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Title: Name your plane
Post by: Rash on July 23, 2011, 12:29:13 AM
So if your a hot shot pilot or under appreciated bomber pilot; what would be the name of your beauty?  I would be in a P 51 D with Lucille on the side.


Rash
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Post by: MaSonZ on July 23, 2011, 12:30:40 AM
A -1 with Melinda.
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Post by: Dichotomy on July 23, 2011, 12:33:21 AM
Iblis
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Post by: PFactorDave on July 23, 2011, 12:40:03 AM
So if your a hot shot pilot or under appreciated bomber pilot; what would be the name of your beauty?  I would be in a P 51 D with Lucille on the side.

Funny you should say that.  My Grandmother's name was Lucille.  I have photos of her when she was in her twenties and she was quite attractive in her youth.  I have no doubt that had my Grandfather been a pilot instead of the Seabee that he was, she would surely been painted on the nose of an aircraft.
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Post by: MaSonZ on July 23, 2011, 12:43:08 AM
Funny you should say that.  My Grandmother's name was Lucille.  I have photos of her when she was in her twenties and she was quite attractive in her youth.  I have no doubt that had my Grandfather been a pilot instead of the Seabee that he was, she would surely been painted on the nose of an aircraft.
did your grandfather everspeak of his time as a Seabee?


may i ask... why would you pick the plane and name? give it some meaning as to your why...
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Post by: noTch on July 23, 2011, 12:50:09 AM
Think I would name my plane        Lorryta Bo-Byta(said Lorreeta B-Beeta) :rock :rock :rock :rock
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Post by: phatzo on July 23, 2011, 12:51:01 AM
Jumbuck
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Post by: Rash on July 23, 2011, 12:54:06 AM
Funny you should say that.  My Grandmother's name was Lucille.  I have photos of her when she was in her twenties and she was quite attractive in her youth.  I have no doubt that had my Grandfather been a pilot instead of the Seabee that he was, she would surely been painted on the nose of an aircraft.

Was your papasita named Ricky? :)  It's an eloquent name.  Lucy

Rashy
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Post by: Tupac on July 23, 2011, 12:59:30 AM
I would have been a 109 pilot towards the end. My planes name would have been something along the lines of "Hope"
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Post by: PFactorDave on July 23, 2011, 01:08:07 AM
did your grandfather everspeak of his time as a Seabee?


may i ask... why would you pick the plane and name? give it some meaning as to your why...

He did, in a general way.  I was pretty young, so I think I was given the G rated version of things.

When my Grandmother passed a few years ago, my father let me go through several cedar chests that were in my grandparents basements.  They arefull of highly organized photo albums.  My grandmother always had a camera in her hands when I was a child.  Apparently, she devolped the habit very young.  She was also a very early scrap booker.  There are albums that have photos of my grandfather at the train station leaving on his way to Pearl Harbor.  There are pay stubs.  Even a pack of Camel cigarettes that he had bought at the base exchange (or whatever they were called in 1942) in Hawaii and sent home.  The cigarettes have always been a bit of a mystery in the family since we discovered them, since neither of my grandparents ever smoked cigarettes that we know of...   In fact, my grandmother was diagnosed with TB during the war and was isolated for just over a year at one point.  Dad still remembers the lady who he had been sent to live with taking him and my aunt and uncle to the sanitarium (what they called the TB ward) to visit on Sundays.  They would stand in the yard and my grandmother would come to a second floor window to talk with them for awhile.  Both of my grandparents had a slightly wicked sense of humor.  We think that the pack of cigarettes may have been a joke between them while GG (what we called her when I was young) was in the TB ward.  Eventually, my grandfather was granted a hardship discharge and allowed to come home to care for his three kids and sick wife.

The two of them were almost never apart after that.  My grandmother's hair went white at a fairly young age, perhaps a result of her health issues.  My grandfather drove her to the hair dresser every week and dutifully waited while she had her hair colored.  When I was a kid I once asked him if that was boring, he told me he liked watching her get beautiful.  They celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary shortly before my grandfather passed.  My grandmother passed a few years later, both lived well into their 90s...  

I try to treat my wife like my grandfather treated my grandmother.  I hope to have the marriage they had.

I'll save it for another time, but they both enjoyed telling the story of how they first met.
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Post by: PFactorDave on July 23, 2011, 01:09:40 AM
Was your papasita named Ricky? :)  It's an eloquent name.  Lucy


No, his name was Ray.  But I can tell you that my grandmother loved watching "I Love Lucy"...
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Post by: Tyrannis on July 23, 2011, 01:10:17 AM
B29-"The End Is Neigh"

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Post by: F22RaptorDude on July 23, 2011, 01:13:11 AM
F/A-22 Raptor
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Post by: ACE on July 23, 2011, 01:16:41 AM
BenDover
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Post by: MaSonZ on July 23, 2011, 01:18:09 AM
BenDover
EileenDover?
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Post by: oakranger on July 23, 2011, 01:18:34 AM
P-47D-25  "Bomb tard"
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Post by: MachFly on July 23, 2011, 01:18:38 AM
I never really thought about this, I don't normally name objects even if I really like them. I know people often name planes but for some reason I never done it, I usually just call it a Diamond when I fly (which is it's actual name). I guess this is because I think of planes (and cars) as more of an extension of my body than a machine or a friend.
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Post by: clerick on July 23, 2011, 01:54:17 AM
P-38     Tim
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Post by: Guppy35 on July 23, 2011, 02:01:25 AM
Best ever name for a WW2 combat bird was found on a 506th FG Mustang based on Iwo Jima.  It so catches what these birds do to us.  I haven't come up with a nicer more appropriate name for a WW2 fighter yet.  Cactus skinned this one for is in game too.

"The Enchantress"
(http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s199/guppy35/The-Enchantress.jpg)
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Post by: PFactorDave on July 23, 2011, 02:23:10 AM
Best ever name for a WW2 combat bird was found on a 506th FG Mustang based on Iwo Jima.  It so catches what these birds do to us.  I haven't come up with a nicer more appropriate name for a WW2 fighter yet.  Cactus skinned this one for is in game too.

"The Enchantress"
(http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s199/guppy35/The-Enchantress.jpg)

Nice...

Can you regale us with any stories related to The Echantress?

Seeing that photograph, it pains me to think that the pilot's story is lost...

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Post by: Rash on July 23, 2011, 08:22:21 AM
B29-"The End Is Neigh"



"Knights who say Ni" ?
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Post by: Rash on July 23, 2011, 08:23:04 AM
P-38     Tim

I had a cat named Tim.
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Post by: Rash on July 23, 2011, 08:23:44 AM
Best ever name for a WW2 combat bird was found on a 506th FG Mustang based on Iwo Jima.  It so catches what these birds do to us.  I haven't come up with a nicer more appropriate name for a WW2 fighter yet.  Cactus skinned this one for is in game too.

"The Enchantress"
(http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s199/guppy35/The-Enchantress.jpg)

That is a good one!
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Post by: Rash on July 23, 2011, 08:25:00 AM
I had a cat named Tim.

Not tim...Todd.
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Post by: flight17 on July 23, 2011, 10:28:17 AM
B-17 or any bombers really

"Wind, Rain and Fire" or
"Let it rain"
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Post by: Guppy35 on July 23, 2011, 12:13:20 PM
Nice...

Can you regale us with any stories related to The Echantress?

Seeing that photograph, it pains me to think that the pilot's story is lost...



The pilot who named the Enchantress was lost in another 51 during a storm on June 1, 1945 that was the worst mission for the Iwo 51s.  20+ Mustangs were lost in bad weather.  The Enchantress was not flying that day.  The guy on the wing is the squadron doctor.  He'd sent photos home of the plane to his wife.
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Post by: Rash on July 23, 2011, 12:26:25 PM
The pilot who named the Enchantress was lost in another 51 during a storm on June 1, 1945 that was the worst mission for the Iwo 51s.  20+ Mustangs were lost in bad weather.  The Enchantress was not flying that day.  The guy on the wing is the squadron doctor.  He'd sent photos home of the plane to his wife.

Sad, but good to connect the pic with a tiny bit of the story.   :frown:

Wonder what the image was of, between the Dr. and the exhaust?  (the circle with the paint missing)

Rash
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Post by: Vudu15 on July 23, 2011, 12:59:09 PM
This one is mine the name "Misshap" UH-60A 551
Im standing on the far left.

(http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff442/Vuduvince/P3310300.jpg)
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Post by: Rash on July 23, 2011, 02:03:50 PM
This one is mine the name "Misshap" UH-60A 551
Im standing on the far left.

(http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff442/Vuduvince/P3310300.jpg)

That one legged guy on left gets around pretty well.  (I kid!)
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Post by: Guppy35 on July 23, 2011, 03:25:27 PM
Sad, but good to connect the pic with a tiny bit of the story.   :frown:

Wonder what the image was of, between the Dr. and the exhaust?  (the circle with the paint missing)

Rash

It's the 457th Fighter Squadron emblem.  Just worn off from the exhaust and weather.

http://www.506thfightergroup.org/Pilot_William_Saks_P51_472871.asp

The profile is a really old one I did that's on the 506th website.  William Saks was the pilot
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Post by: Rash on July 23, 2011, 03:45:47 PM
[quote author=Guppy35 lghter Squadron emblem.  Just worn off from the exhaust and weather.

http://www.506thfightergroup.org/Pilot_William_Saks_P51_472871.asp

The profile is a really old one I did that's on the 506th website.  William Saks was the pilot
[/quote]


Great pictures Gup. felt a little like Christmas viewing those......
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Post by: phatzo on July 24, 2011, 02:26:52 AM
I cant believe none of you guys googled Jumbuck and it would be on a boomerang.
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Post by: B-17 on July 24, 2011, 02:32:12 AM
B-17G --> Milk Run Special.
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Post by: LThunderpocket on July 24, 2011, 03:58:41 AM
a 47 D-40 with the name "MikeHawk"
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Post by: branch37 on July 24, 2011, 04:09:24 AM
F4U-1A named "Fortuitous Fornicator"
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Post by: icepac on July 24, 2011, 08:37:23 AM
J2M5 "Icepacalypse Now"
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Post by: Rob52240 on July 24, 2011, 08:45:34 AM
Crashy
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Post by: flight17 on July 24, 2011, 09:53:19 AM
could name a 109 Ivana Hump-a-lot (for the technique of 109 pilots cutting off bomber tails with the prop then bailing)
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Post by: B-17 on July 24, 2011, 12:24:34 PM
Didn't some 109 pilot do that in a fight with a Mustang?
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Post by: RoGenT on July 24, 2011, 12:27:14 PM
50s O' Death   
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Post by: oakranger on July 24, 2011, 12:53:49 PM
Didn't some 109 pilot do that in a fight with a Mustang?

Not sure they target the fighters, just the bombers.  A special unit, forgot what the name was.
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Post by: F22RaptorDude on July 24, 2011, 12:59:03 PM
Not sure they target the fighters, just the bombers.  A special unit, forgot what the name was.
Oh my god that used to be my squad name, I can't remember though!

Edit: As the wonders of google Sonderkommando "ELBE" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rammkommando_%22ELBE%22 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rammkommando_%22ELBE%22) Me and my squad mates practiced ramming bombers lol we never had much success  :rofl
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Post by: 1sum41 on July 24, 2011, 02:06:15 PM
Shameless  :D P-51D
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Post by: mbailey on July 24, 2011, 03:08:15 PM
(http://i888.photobucket.com/albums/ac82/mbailey166066/Jodis%20Joy/jodisjoy.gif)
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Post by: DREDIOCK on July 24, 2011, 03:34:03 PM
FW 190 D-9
"My Shy Lady"  :D

Orr

"Mating K9's"
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Post by: Skulls22 on July 24, 2011, 09:16:59 PM
F6F/5(N) VMF 541 Bat-eye Squadron
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Post by: Muzzy on July 24, 2011, 09:42:23 PM
I guess if I could only pick one it would be a Spit 8 with Snoopy in WW I Flying Ace mode labeled "Curse you, Red Baron!"

My B 24 Liberator Bomber Girl would be Kiera Knightly in full on pirate mode and labeled "Swann Dive"
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Post by: Tank-Ace on July 24, 2011, 10:41:57 PM
109K$ (pronounced K-money) with the name 'Christine' on the nose.
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Post by: Pigslilspaz on July 25, 2011, 03:25:29 AM
For me, probably a P-47 called Monique's Teddy with the picture of a Polar Bear on it.

Reason being, cause my girlfriend's name is Monique and she tends to call me her Polar Bear (I'm pale white, slightly fuzzy, and I love the cold to the point of snowboarding shirtless.)
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Post by: SFRT - Frenchy on July 25, 2011, 11:33:26 AM
P47 off coursenamed Poulette with a school girl jumping in the air showing her underwares.  :huh
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Post by: B-17 on July 25, 2011, 02:48:14 PM
For me, probably a P-47 called Monique's Teddy with the picture of a Polar Bear on it.

Reason being, cause my girlfriend's name is Monique and she tends to call me her Polar Bear (I'm pale white, slightly fuzzy, and I love the cold to the point of snowboarding shirtless.)

:rofl That's fantastic!
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Post by: Pigslilspaz on July 26, 2011, 11:57:35 AM
Thanks lol
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Post by: Tordon22 on July 26, 2011, 12:00:19 PM
P38 with a gorgeous red head pinup girl, red letters and the name "Drop Dead Red"
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Post by: Plazus on July 26, 2011, 12:16:24 PM
P-38L "Comin' atcha live!"

From my favorite song by a band named Tesla.