Post by: Broc on March 06, 2006, 08:13:15 pm
apparently Augusta have given the Air Corps the honor of naming the 139. Any suggestions?
Post by: clan on March 06, 2006, 09:52:58 pm
Post by: Irish251 on March 06, 2006, 11:31:15 pm
Post by: sealion on March 07, 2006, 12:45:26 am
Post by: clan on March 07, 2006, 08:42:20 am
Post by: pilatus on March 07, 2006, 10:14:47 am
Post by: Old Redeye on March 07, 2006, 04:14:34 pm
Post by: pilatus on March 08, 2006, 10:20:36 am
Post by: sealion on March 08, 2006, 06:18:48 pm
Hardly appropriate for a Heli?
Post by: RMR on March 09, 2006, 12:55:48 am
ab-139 asp.
Post by: pilatus on March 09, 2006, 11:50:13 am
| Quote (sealion @ 08 Mar. 2006,09:18) |
| Swift is a bird that only lands to nest or die...It even mates on the wing Hardly appropriate for a Heli? |
exactly only lands to die or nest i.e. the day it stops flying is the day it is retired!but we dont have to look into the meaning of each name so much!i thought swift because it is fast!
Post by: sealion on March 09, 2006, 07:29:19 pm
| Quote (pilatus @ 09 Mar. 2006,11:50) | ||
exactly only lands to die or nest i.e. the day it stops flying is the day it is retired!but we dont have to look into the meaning of each name so much!i thought swift because it is fast! |
the swift is not a fast flier, but a fast diver...
Post by: FiSe on March 09, 2006, 07:46:46 pm
What about some name from Celtic mythology?
Post by: Broc on March 10, 2006, 06:59:05 pm
Post by: SousaTeuszii on March 12, 2006, 06:41:37 pm
A Blackhawk it is not. Lovely machine but Pongo boots could be a bit hard on the plastic interior.
ST
Post by: Guinness on March 12, 2006, 09:20:08 pm
Just some Clog thoughts
Guinness
Post by: Hess on March 13, 2006, 04:56:00 pm
Post by: sealion on March 15, 2006, 12:46:18 am
Post by: clan on March 15, 2006, 01:52:51 pm
Post by: sealion on March 15, 2006, 04:51:34 pm
| Quote (clan @ 15 Mar. 2006,13:52) |
| I can hear it now, "hey dad I just saw a wolfhound flying over the house", ehhh |
Well there are pigs flying around Baldonnell daily. I saw them flying over limerick the other day too...
Post by: FiSe on March 15, 2006, 08:26:29 pm
Irish yet international
Post by: clan on March 15, 2006, 08:38:05 pm
| Quote (sealion @ 15 Mar. 2006,07:51) | ||
Well there are pigs flying around Baldonnell daily. I saw them flying over limerick the other day too... |
True sealion, but it does sound a bit odd, flying Wolfhound. Robin, albatross, gannet something that maybe associated with flight might be better then a breed of a dog that is known to be big and lazy and not very fiercesome despite its name.
Post by: FiSe on March 15, 2006, 11:03:17 pm
Post by: sealion on March 16, 2006, 02:20:14 am
Post by: Guinness on March 16, 2006, 07:55:14 am
The pilots nickname of the A-10 is Warthog
What about Pookah
( sorry for possible misspelling it but I don't know the right one)
For I know it's a sort of ghost in Irish
Guinness
Post by: pilatus on March 16, 2006, 10:24:13 am
| Quote (FiSe @ 15 Mar. 2006,14:03) |
| 2 clan: and what bird's name hasn't been used, Albatros is Czech made L-39, Alca is newer L-159... And different Tucanos, Arrows, Daggers, wasps and other insects are plenty out-there as well |
Alca is not the name of the jet Alca stands for Advanced light combat aircraft!but still it sounds good!
Post by: Flyboy on March 16, 2006, 12:44:24 pm
Post by: clan on March 16, 2006, 02:42:34 pm
Banshee is a good one as Guninness suggested.
Post by: Fouga on March 16, 2006, 02:55:53 pm
Medium Range Tactical Assault Helicopter.
Post by: FiSe on March 16, 2006, 03:04:26 pm
But what I meant above is: bird names are too common, everybody who wants to name a plane says falcon, eagle, condor etc. I think more originality is needed.
For example: Apache doesn't fly, so how come one of the most known army - or attack - helicopters bears this name, the same about Tiger or Gazelle or Dolphin/e/, there are at least two crafts with this name and what about I.D.F. names? Lions do not fly either...
Post by: sealion on March 16, 2006, 03:06:31 pm
| Quote (Guinness @ 16 Mar. 2006,07:55) |
| They do Sealion.!!! The pilots nickname of the A-10 is Warthog What about Pookah ( sorry for possible misspelling it but I don't know the right one) For I know it's a sort of ghost in Irish Guinness |
You missed my point Guinness. The animal that is a warthog does not fly, yet a very agile aircraft is named after it.
Following from that, it would not be unusual to name an aircraft after an animal that does not fly.
Post by: Fouga on March 16, 2006, 03:56:12 pm
Post by: clan on March 16, 2006, 06:53:50 pm
Post by: on March 16, 2006, 07:43:00 pm
However, it would have to be an english name because AB will want to use it in the future for international marketing purposes. Bring on the Wolfhound. Better callsign than feckin 'Rainbow'.
Post by: P.Doff on March 18, 2006, 10:47:30 am
Post by: Guinness on March 19, 2006, 02:28:41 pm
Better that "blue tit
" !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Guinness
Post by: Old Redeye on March 20, 2006, 02:56:41 pm
Be quick though. If the US-139 wins the imminent US Arrmy Light Utility Helicopter competition, as it well might, it will get an American Indian tribe name, the tradition for all US Army aircraft. Hardly Irish. Decision expected next month on at least 350 aircraft, with many more likely if the USAF signs on as well to replace their UH-1N's as expected. Competition is Bell 412 (not likely), EC-145 (Likely) and MD-900 Explorer (not a chance). I'm betting on the 139 Wolfhound.
Post by: xpih on April 07, 2006, 11:36:43 pm
'Wolfhound' isn't bad mind
Other fauna-based suggestions which I don't think have been applied to aircraft to date. Take your pick ... or not:
Tiercel (term used for a male peregrine)
Buzzard (used before?)
Stoat
Torc (Irish for 'wild boar')
Nightjar
Chough
Lapwing
Snipe
Jay
Jackdaw
Magpie
Bonxie (Scottish (?) name for the seabird Great Skua, perhaps better than the Irish colloquialism for it: Shitehawk)
Beaver (Go on, I dare ya)
Shag (its getting worse, I think i'd better stop)
Post by: GoneToTheCanner on April 08, 2006, 11:10:20 am
How about "HiAce"? The most ubiquitous mode of transport in Ireland, complete with breakfast-roll munching fat driver and job lot of grubby labourers in the back.We could even jam a wedge of old reciepts under the windshield for the proper effect, with the scrawl "also available in camouflage" written in the dirt above the ramp.
Any chance of a start,Boss.
regards
GttC
Post by: Fouga on April 08, 2006, 01:20:58 pm
Post by: Irish251 on April 08, 2006, 06:13:09 pm
Despite your apparent belief that "Beaver" has not been used before, De Havilland Canada got there fifty or so years ago when they used this name for their classic bush-plane, which has seen worldwide military and civilian use. Furthermore many DHC-2 Beavers are still in use in Canada and the USA.
http://www.irishairpics.com/database/photo/1012631/
Post by: warthog on April 08, 2006, 08:15:25 pm
Post by: xpih on April 12, 2006, 10:57:55 pm
| Quote (Short finals @ 08 April 2006,18:13) |
| Despite your apparent belief that "Beaver" has not been used before, De Havilland Canada got there fifty or so years ago... |
Doh!
How could I have forgotten that one.Of course, I wasn't being entirely serious about those last two
Post by: Guinness on April 13, 2006, 07:48:04 am
I like Sionanag.
Guinness
Post by: mark etty on April 13, 2006, 03:10:26 pm
| Quote (Short finals @ 08 April 2006,09:13) |
| xpih Despite your apparent belief that "Beaver" has not been used before, De Havilland Canada got there fifty or so years ago when they used this name for their classic bush-plane, which has seen worldwide military and civilian use. |
HA HA! 'Beaver'...'bush'... sorry, so immature! but thats what people will think!
I like shitehawk personally...
ok some serious ideas,from a quick search on google:
there is a creature in celtic mythology called Airitech,that's fairly appropriate!
Or 'Scathach', pronounced Skee-ach.a god of war training apparently,taught Cu Chulainn how to kick @rse,so well suited to operations with the ARW.
What yez think?
Post by: Irish251 on April 13, 2006, 09:50:53 pm
Welcome, thanks for raising the tone on the board.
Post by: Imshi-Yallah on April 13, 2006, 11:17:02 pm
Post by: GoneToTheCanner on April 14, 2006, 09:38:59 pm
Whilst a lot of these names are well thought out and undoubtedly worthy, I suspect that the bods flying and fixing them will generate their own shorthand, in time-honoured fashion. Also, if these are Italian choppers, they'll probably be "named" by the guy who brought you those FIAT names, such as Style, Point, One and Type.What's the Italian for truck?
regards
GttC
Post by: sealion on April 14, 2006, 11:32:56 pm
| Quote (GoneToTheCanner @ 14 April 2006,21:38) |
| Hi all Whilst a lot of these names are well thought out and undoubtedly worthy, I suspect that the bods flying and fixing them will generate their own shorthand, in time-honoured fashion. Also, if these are Italian choppers, they'll probably be "named" by the guy who brought you those FIAT names, such as Style, Point, One and Type.What's the Italian for truck? regards GttC |
cinqciento......
whats italian for 139?