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Originally Posted by Chock
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.
Al
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I heard a joke back when I was living in Germany that basically went:
How can you get your own F-104 Starfighter?
Buy a field and wait....