Tiger Tim
Well-Known Member
The mention elsewhere that the Double Ender’s successor was called the Ascender had me thinking about other airplanes that have carried that name before, mostly experimental canards of the 30’s and 40’s because of the pun (ass-ender).
Looking through aerofiles, another name that comes up a lot on planes built before WWI is Mayfly so we know a lot of early builders at least had a sense of humour for what they were doing. There’s also the British Currie Wot biplane, apparently so named because people kept asking Mr. Currie, “Wot are you building?”
What other interesting or funny airplane names are out there?
Looking through aerofiles, another name that comes up a lot on planes built before WWI is Mayfly so we know a lot of early builders at least had a sense of humour for what they were doing. There’s also the British Currie Wot biplane, apparently so named because people kept asking Mr. Currie, “Wot are you building?”
What other interesting or funny airplane names are out there?