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Old 01-29-2007 | 01:01 PM
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777 = Bigfoot (or if you're a 747 driver; Light Twin).
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Old 01-29-2007 | 01:07 PM
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Bae146 - "Smurf jet"
MD-80 - "Snoopy"
L-1011 - "Late, 10 out of 11 times"
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Old 01-29-2007 | 01:09 PM
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CRJ200- "Oppss."
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Old 01-29-2007 | 01:23 PM
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SAAB= Send Another Aircraft for Backup
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Old 01-29-2007 | 01:34 PM
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Bae 146 = Bring Another Engine
M/D Super 80 stretch series = Lawn Dart
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Old 01-29-2007 | 01:48 PM
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Citation = "slowtation" or "twin Cessna" that one always gets them mad.
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Old 01-29-2007 | 02:09 PM
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CRJ = Canadian Lawn Dart, Computer Reset Jet, The (damn) Canadian

ERJ = Jungle Trash , Jungle Junk

Citation = Nearjet
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Old 01-29-2007 | 02:22 PM
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Shorts 330 & 360 = Sh!t Box, Irish Drunk Bus

Dash-8 = Crash 8

Anything Fokker made = Faucker

Learjet = Beerjet
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Old 01-29-2007 | 02:40 PM
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DC-10 — Diesel 10
Boeing 747 — 18-wheeler
MD-80 and -90 — Mad dogs
Boeing 727 or DC-9 — Jurassic jet
Boeing 737 — Baby Boeing
Boeing 777 — Big foot
Embraer jets — Jungle jets

A-3xx -- Scarebus, Nintendojet, Toulouse Treetrimmer
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Old 01-29-2007 | 02:44 PM
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B-52 -- BUF (Big Ugly... 'er Fella) Edited to retain G rating
B-707 -- Jurassic Jet, Water Wagon
B-717 -- See MD-95
B-727 -- Three Holer, Triceraptor
B-737 -- FLUF (Fat Little Ugly Fella), Herbasaurus (at Southwest), Thunderguppy
B-747 -- Aluminum Overcast, Fat Albert, The Great Pumpkin (at Braniff only),
B-757 -- Atari Ferrari, Marlboro 100
B-777 -- Triple Seven, Cripple Seven, Trouble Seven
DHC-6: Twatter
MU-2 -- Rice rocket, Sake Sucker, Twin Honda
MD-99: Long Beach Death Tube
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