coolest "name" for aircraft

[Araqiel]

Originally Posted by Swagger7

SB2C Helldiver, is certainly the coolest name. It gives a perfect description of what the plane is for.

The TBD Devastator is another cool one. Too bad the plane itself sucked so bad. The only people it devastated were its crews.

B-52 Stratofortress. "fortress in the clouds" Now that's a name!

Awesome call on all of these, but especially the SB. Probably my favourite WW2-era aircraft, all things considered.

My vote for best (certainly most fitting) name though (provided we're counting 'official unofficial' names) would the the SR-71 'Habu' - 'Blackbird' was the name used once it was acknowledged to the public, but all who worked with the aircraft preferred the former name, a Habu being a dark poisonous pit viper native to the island chain including Okinawa, where many of the SR-71s operational sorties were flown from.