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04-24-2006, 07:09 PM

Luke

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United's nicknames

Does anybody know what nickname United Airlines gives their 747s? (eg:737= Guppy or Super Guppy)
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04-25-2006, 06:09 AM

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Does anybody know what nickname United Airlines gives their 747s? (eg:737= Guppy or Super Guppy)
-Luke

My brother was a mechanic there for 10 years. He always just called it a whale. But then again, that was a mechanic. They also referred to the DC-10 as the MF-10, or the MF'ing-10. You can figure out what it means.

04-25-2006, 06:12 AM

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Does anybody know what nickname United Airlines gives their 747s? (eg:737= Guppy or Super Guppy)
-Luke

I don't know if it's a "United" thing, but the 747 has been referred to as "the Whale".
And "the Guppy" is the Airbus

04-25-2006, 07:00 AM

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Does anybody know what nickname United Airlines gives their 747s? (eg:737= Guppy or Super Guppy)
-Luke

The older 747 models, 747-100 and 747-200 were referred to as the "rope starts".

04-25-2006, 08:34 AM

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I don't know if it's a "United" thing, but the 747 has been referred to as "the Whale".
And "the Guppy" is the Airbus

I thought the airbus was called "the scud"

New Airbus pilot: "where's it going! What's it doing?
Old Airbus pilot: "there is goes again"

04-25-2006, 09:43 AM

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The Guppy is the 737.

I've also heard the Airbus referred to as the "Scarebus" and "Eurotrash", and the 757 as the "lady" (for slender body, long legs and big boobs- err, engines)

04-25-2006, 10:20 AM

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Does anybody know what nickname United Airlines gives their 747s? (eg:737= Guppy or Super Guppy)
-Luke

As the Fireman mentioned, the older 747's were refered to as the "rope starts", the 747-400 is just called "the 400".

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04-25-2006, 10:37 AM

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[quote=FlyerJosh]The Guppy is the 737.

I've also heard the Airbus referred to as the "Scarebus" and "Eurotrash", quote]

Or the "Escargot" (French Snail).

04-25-2006, 12:52 PM

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The Guppy is the 737.

I've also heard the Airbus referred to as the "Scarebus" and "Eurotrash", and the 757 as the "lady" (for slender body, long legs and big boobs- err, engines)

"The Super Guppy aircraft was acquired by NASA from the European Space Agency under an International Space Station barter agreement. Manufactured by Airbus Industries, ESA supplied the aircraft to offset the cost to NASA of carrying ESA experiment equipment to the station as part of two future Space Shuttle flights" A "converted" Boeing.

The BOEING "Pregnant Guppy" was the 337 Stratocruiser (?)

Airbus also had the "beluga"

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04-25-2006, 01:10 PM

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Some "nicknames" I heard over the years.

B717- The TV-9, Nintendo 9
B727- Tri Motor
B737-200- Guppy, Fluf, Targa top, Aerobat
B737-300- Yuppie guppy (it came out in the 80's)
B757- The lady, The Five Seven
B767- The Six Seven
B777- The Triple Seven
DC-9- The Nine, Or as I like to call 'em, The Original "Regional Jet"
DC-8- Lead Sled
DC-10- Death Cruiser
747-100,200- Rope Start, Whale, Classic
747-400- Electric Whale, Queen of the skies, The 400
A-320- A-360, cause it leaves the gate, breaks, turns around and comes back.
MD-11- MD-911
EMB-145- Pencil Jet, Replacement Jet, Jungle Jet