Old 12-03-2013 | 09:50 AM
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Originally Posted by Jaded N Cynical
Call it guppy if you want, no insult to me. Do you call your comforter at home a blanky? Your friend your buddy. Maybe your wife Mommy? These are obviously the pilots who like the name things. Meet Mr. Wiggly...ahhh never mind.

Who knows....whatever works for you. Naming things is childish, but we are talking about pilots. Carry on boys.
Originally Posted by pilot64golfer
So calling an F-14 a Tomcat or an F-18 a Hornet.

Ya... That's childish.

No one would ever do that. Except pilots since the beginning of aviation.

Every heard of the Enola Gay?
Or naming yourself something on an internet forum!
But....sometimes it just fits.
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