"Peter Twydell" wrote \\

Here are a few you might or might not know:
http://www.b737.org.uk/aircraftnicknames.htm

Plus:
Shorts Skyvan: Five-ton Budgie
Douglas F3D Skyknight: Drut
Tornado: The Mighty Fin
MRCA (Tornado predecessor): Mother Riley's Cardboard Aeroplane, Must
Re-spar Canberra Again
Chinook: ****hook, Wokka
CF-100: Clunk

One of my favorites always was:

"Short Little Ugly ****er"
--
Jim in NC