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Aviation History Magazine offers aviation enthusiasts of all ages and backgrounds the most comprehensive, authoritative, in-depth coverage of the history of world aviation. Each issue provides keen insights and exciting stories about the people, places and events comprising manned flight's rich history, from the field's leading writers and ...
After at least four rounds of suggestions and reviews over eight years, the Rockwell B-1 bomber was officially nicknamed "Lancer" this spring. That may catch on as an everyday flight-line reference, or it may not.
26 paź 2017 · Today, the naming of high-end aircraft is a more sophisticated process. There are, of course, notable exceptions to the rule. Joby Aviation, makers of an emerging autonomous aircraft, doesn't even have a designation for the craft, never mind a nickname.
6 paź 2023 · With naming conventions not standardized across the globe, usually dependent on specific nuances and local cultures, some aircraft have rather unique nicknames for particularly memorable or sometimes grave reasons.
10 wrz 2020 · Throughout its history, aviation has generated some of the most remarkable figures that ever lived, including those brave pilots who made the first forays into the air and who courageously...
5 wrz 1996 · "The Japanese nicknamed the Bristol Beaufighter, the 'Whispering Death'." - Invented by some over-imaginative journalist at a bar. In the middle of World War Two, the Japanese weren't likely to answering questions about aircraft nicknames.
Most Americans think of “Pappy” Boyington as actor Robert Conrad portrayed him in the TV series Baa Baa Black Sheep, yet even that nickname was invented by the press. In the Solomons his pilots called the 30-year-old major “Gramps.”
