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Many combat aircraft end up with such names, often more than one of them. The DH2 was invariably nicknamed 'the Spinning Incinerator'. In more modern times the F-104 Starfighter had a huge list of such nicknames including: 'the widowmaker' 'the flying coffin' 'the aluminum death tube' 'the lawn dart' 'the ground nail' 'the wicked one' 'the eff one oh floor' and more besides. A lot of it is down to the gallows humour you find on flight lines.
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Wiseman: When you removed the book from the cradle, did you speak the words?
Ash: Yeah, basically.
Wiseman: Did you speak the exact words?
Ash: Look, maybe I didn't say every single little tiny syllable, no. But basically I said them, yeah.
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