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Naming
Ours is named Happy Draggin'
Red & Black RV7. Can't figure out how to get my picture inserted. Flying her sure makes us happy. Of course she drags the steering wheel in back. |
"Little Bird" Is what's affixed to the tail, but I never refer to it as anything other than my "RV" or "The four"
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Sweet Baby
I have named my project (soon to be an 8A) after my soulmate and muse, Sweet Baby. Pinup nose art will complete the picture.
However, I did not stop there. Since I plan on flying Sweet Baby around the world, I have named her engine Constance (it?s aspirational). |
They said...
They said,"Building an airplane is a journey."
I respectfully pronounce that as a massive understatement. In my experience it is nothing less than a pilgrimage. I'm in the doesn't-name-things camp, but in this case an exception is mandatory. If I ever get it finished it shall be known as Pilgrim. |
My Baby
My wife's maiden name is Beebe (bee bee). With just a bit of sweetness, that became "My Beebe" as I hold her (my wife) in my arms.
So the RV-9A now - thanks to John Stahr - a nice moniker of "My Beebe" on the nose. |
If you take more than two decades to complete, then you need a suitable name...:)
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I never had the problem, I call mine "Air Force One". It always gets some puzzled looks even from pilots, then I have to explain it is not a nickname I use for it, but that it is actually registered as Air Force One! Keeps me in libation as well, ALWAYS good for a case of beer bet that I own Air Force One!
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Go Buggy
Just call it The Go Buggy. You can explain about Jack Ilfrey's connection if anyone asks. :D
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Whiskey Three
Whisky Three
My Dad's call sign as air attack boss with the Forest Service in the 60's and 70's. He built wood boats when I was growing up, so I got the 'builder bug'. |
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Interesting, I never thought about that even. I made so many modifications to what started as kit 461, I felt I owed it to Vans to not call it an RV12.
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"Blue Shadow" "Trouble Bound" For "Blue Shadow" the plane has the colors of the 352nd FG - blue nose. I recently came across the song by the Blasters called "Trouble Bound". If one were an aggressive fighter pilot...one would definitely be out "...looking for trouble...". |
she was "Cinnamon Girl" from the moment her paint dried..
... I run in the night You see us together Chasing the moonlight My cinnamon girl... |
I don't name my planes, but after the first 3 terrible landings I had in my 8 right after I bought it, "Bucking Bronco" crossed my mind.
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Only the nickname on the nose:
"Rivette Overdrive" because displaying her majesty's true name would add far too much weight in vinyl: "Her Levitating Majesty Tameress of Turbulence Seldom Detonating Mistress of Sparse Atmospheres Brzelda the Great" |
When I purchased my RV-8 I realized that I needed to spend significant time getting to know her and learning how to fly her. My wife was not so happy with the time I spent at the airport. One evening a friend of hers asked me if I had named the airplane, before I could reply my wife declared "It's his Beloved". I thought "who am I to question such a thing?" and so "Beloved" she is!
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