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Title: QUIZ: AIRCRAFT NICKS
Post by: Hobodog on February 06, 2001, 06:30:00 PM: What was the NICK of the B26 Marauder?
Title: QUIZ: AIRCRAFT NICKS
Post by: Maverick on February 06, 2001, 06:32:00 PM: Flying prostitute (potato) is one. (Wings were so small it had no visible means of support)

Ensign / Lt. eliminator is another.

Mav
Title: QUIZ: AIRCRAFT NICKS
Post by: Hobodog on February 06, 2001, 06:37:00 PM: potato part is rite but what is before it
?-potato
Title: QUIZ: AIRCRAFT NICKS
Post by: Hangtime on February 06, 2001, 06:42:00 PM: Pick one. (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/smile.gif)

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Veteran pilots in combat overseas had enough experience that they could handle these higher speeds, but new trainees at home had serious problems and there were numerous accidents, causing the Marauder to earn such epithets as "The Flying Prostitute", "The Baltimore potato", "The Flying Vagrant", or "The Wingless Wonder", these names being given because the B-26's small wing area appeared to give it no visible means of support. Other derisive names being given to the B-26 were "The Widow Maker", "One-Way Ticket", "Martin Murderer", "The Flying Coffin", "The Coffin Without Handles", and the "B-Dash Crash". In particular, there were so many takeoff accidents at MacDill Field at Tampa, FL during early 1942 that the phrase "One a Day Into Tampa Bay" came to be a commonplace lament.

Now; what do I win?

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Hang
1st/AG "Bishlanders" << Recruiting!!
Title: QUIZ: AIRCRAFT NICKS
Post by: Hobodog on February 06, 2001, 06:47:00 PM: Quote
Originally posted by Hangtime:
Pick one. (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/smile.gif)

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"The Baltimore potato"

Now; what do I win?

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WELL toejam HANGTIME YA RUINED MY FUN!
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NOW how bout the BF-109G <----G nick and if your so good tell me why!
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Title: QUIZ: AIRCRAFT NICKS
Post by: Thunder on February 06, 2001, 06:49:00 PM: The B-26 Martin Marauder was known by some as the "Baltimore potato", because it had no visible means of support. B-17 crews' suggested that four siver handles be added "like a proper coffin should have". It also had the name "Widow Maker" and "Flying Coffin".. but the Baltimore potato seemed to be the one that stuck.

Thunder
Title: QUIZ: AIRCRAFT NICKS
Post by: Thunder on February 06, 2001, 06:57:00 PM: Dang,

I try to answer the question and Hang's already posted! (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/frown.gif)

Oh well in the spirit of the thread heres something to through in! (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/tongue.gif)

(http://www.13thtas.com/images/spoof/GWB.jpg)

Thunder
Title: QUIZ: AIRCRAFT NICKS
Post by: Hangtime on February 06, 2001, 07:05:00 PM: 'Gustav'. Because the 'E' was the 'Emil', the 'F' was the 'Franz' and Germans have no damn imagination whatsoever.

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Title: QUIZ: AIRCRAFT NICKS
Post by: Thunder on February 06, 2001, 07:09:00 PM: I thought it was G for "GORE" didn't he invent the Lufftwaffe? (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/tongue.gif)
Title: QUIZ: AIRCRAFT NICKS
Post by: Hobodog on February 06, 2001, 07:12:00 PM: Quote
Originally posted by Hangtime:
'Gustav'. Because the 'E' was the 'Emil', the 'F' was the 'Franz' and Germans have no damn imagination whatsoever.

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And the A was for ANTON close but no cigar! PLUS those A for anton E for emil and F for franz are all for the 190 series i think not 109s

WAIT THEY ARE FOR 109s but not here

THEIR ARE TWO NICKS ONE FOR GERMANS AND ONE FOR ALLIES

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Title: QUIZ: AIRCRAFT NICKS
Post by: Hobodog on February 06, 2001, 07:13:00 PM: DUPLE POST

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Title: QUIZ: AIRCRAFT NICKS
Post by: Hobodog on February 06, 2001, 07:15:00 PM: IT WOULD BE THE ALLIED NAME

THIS WAS On ACCIDENT FORGOT TO EDIT

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Title: QUIZ: AIRCRAFT NICKS
Post by: Hangtime on February 06, 2001, 07:53:00 PM: "bule" or 'Boil'.. for the bumps on the cowl covering the guns.

Whats my prize?
Title: QUIZ: AIRCRAFT NICKS
Post by: Hobodog on February 06, 2001, 08:04:00 PM: DAMN WERE DID YA GET THE ANSWERS FRO MTHE SITE I PoSTED in AIRCRAFT CHARTs
Title: QUIZ: AIRCRAFT NICKS
Post by: Hangtime on February 06, 2001, 08:20:00 PM: Google. Great search engine. (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/smile.gif)

BTW. YER FARGING CAPS KEY IS STUCK!

<S!>

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Hang
1st/AG "Bishlanders" << Recruiting!!

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Title: QUIZ: AIRCRAFT NICKS
Post by: Hobodog on February 06, 2001, 08:32:00 PM: I use all the web alltheweb.com I PREJUDICED AGAINST (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/smile.gif) things with names like gOOgle
Title: QUIZ: AIRCRAFT NICKS
Post by: Tac on February 07, 2001, 12:45:00 AM: Not to mention that the B-17 crews joked that the B-26 was the best fighter escort they could ask for, since the B26 had to fly several thousand feet lower than the B17, so Germans would pounce on them first.

Martin Murderer...LOL
Title: QUIZ: AIRCRAFT NICKS
Post by: Hangtime on February 07, 2001, 01:13:00 AM: I kinda gotta kick outta 'B-Dash Crash' and 'One a day into Tampa Bay'..

"Training Flight 114; requesting takeoff clearance runway 18..

(tower) "rgr, 114, copy all, hold for traffic and while we wait, how's yer backstroke commin?"

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Hang
1st/AG "Bishlanders" << Recruiting!!
"Turn to kill, not to engage."
Commander 'Willie' Driscoll, USNR
Title: QUIZ: AIRCRAFT NICKS
Post by: StSanta on February 07, 2001, 04:52:00 AM: Well, in defense of the Germans, some 190 models got cool nicknames (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/smile.gif).

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