coolest "name" for aircraft

[Panzergranate]

Originally Posted by Soviet Ace

Yeah, I don't recall Yak or La pilots complaining about their planes getting hit with some rounds, and gasoline spilling into the cockpit. But it was all to common for the Hurricanes and Spitfires, which were prone to that because of a fuel tank being right there in front of them.

So I know which I'd rather use. lol

I was refering to this misguided comment, but what with the pace of replies, it seems to have been forgotten.

The "Yak" is a large slow witted herbivore, an unusual choice for an aircraft name.

It didn't fair at all well against that other fighter named after a even larger slow witted herbivore, the "Buffalo" either.

If you want to see some weird names for aircraft, just check out the Royal Australian Airforce's name choices..... "Boomeriang", "Kangaroo", Wapitty", etc.

[flynlion]

Originally Posted by Panzergranate

I was refering to this misguided comment, but what with the pace of replies, it seems to have been forgotten.

The "Yak" is a large slow witted herbivore, an unusual choice for an aircraft name.

It didn't fair at all well against that other fighter named after a even larger slow witted herbivore, the "Buffalo" either.

If you want to see some weird names for aircraft, just check out the Royal Australian Airforce's name choices..... "Boomeriang", "Kangaroo", Wapitty", etc.

Yak is short for Yakovlev, the Soviet bureau that designed it. I have no idea how the Brewster Buffalo got its name LoL.

[Soviet Ace]

Originally Posted by Panzergranate

I was refering to this misguided comment, but what with the pace of replies, it seems to have been forgotten.

The "Yak" is a large slow witted herbivore, an unusual choice for an aircraft name.

It didn't fair at all well against that other fighter named after a even larger slow witted herbivore, the "Buffalo" either.

If you want to see some weird names for aircraft, just check out the Royal Australian Airforce's name choices..... "Boomeriang", "Kangaroo", Wapitty", etc.

Originally Posted by flynlion

Yak is short for Yakolev, the Soviet bureau that designed it. I have no idea how the Brewster Buffalo got its name LoL.

Yeah, what Flynlion said. It's not named after the creature, Yak.

Yakovlev

[Araqiel]

I reckon the Buffalo was so named because you could fit one inside the fuselage.

[Soviet Ace]

Originally Posted by Araqiel

I reckon the Buffalo was so named because you could fit one inside the fuselage.

Actually, like all American planes. It was the British who started calling them the Buffalo first. And so is the same with the Wildcat, Warhawk/Tomahawk/Kittyhawk, and some others I can't think of right away. The Americans, just adopted the names given, and then gradually started giving names to their planes on their own.

[FOZ_1983]

The "buffalo" was called the buffalo because it was fat/ugly and was pretty damn horrible, and a good game target

Ok thats bullsh*t but its good bullsh*t lol.

[Vulcan607]

Originally Posted by FOZ_1983

Ok thats bullsh*t but its good bullsh*t lol.

you could have at least changed it to Buffalo!

[Araqiel]

Originally Posted by Soviet Ace

Actually, like all American planes. It was the British who started calling them the Buffalo first. And so is the same with the Wildcat, Warhawk/Tomahawk/Kittyhawk, and some others I can't think of right away. The Americans, just adopted the names given, and then gradually started giving names to their planes on their own.

Yah, I wasn't being entirely serious with that one...