What would you name it?

What about "Little Bunny Fu-Fu?" You know, bopping them on the head?

I'd call it Tiamat, but that's just me. And you forgot to throw in the required turbo lasers and automatic can opener. Perhaps a really loud PA system that plays nothing but Ethyl Merman, for psych warfare.

demono69

QUOTE: What about "Little Bunny Fu-Fu?" You know, bopping them on the head?

ROTHFL Now my daughter is singing it!

After spending an evening in tne Northeast US with no power and the temp being 86 degrees at 3:30 am, I really think the word BLACKOUT should be considered for its shock value.

Love the Acme anvils thing. Would it be too much to make them DU? And the paint for the water balloons should be pink. Sure, no tactical value, but imagine the psychological impact on those macho tankers!

Ok, now for a name. Given that this plane seems to be a next-gen Warthog, I'd say "Razorback."

Just nothing like the B-2 "Spirit." I know, it's supposed to be as in "Spirit of Tennessee" and so on, but to generally call it "Spirit" gives me the impression that it should have peace symbols instead of the stars-and-bars, a psychadelic paint scheme, and a payload bay full of petunias .

Hmm, maybe there's a project in that...


I couldn't even find my way back to "normal" with the Hubble!

dans1120, you sound like a "wing commander" kind of person, huh? wc3 for me!

Call it the Monica Lewinski cos it "blows" the opposition away LoL...Greg

QUOTE: Originally posted by 13b20 dans1120, you sound like a "wing commander" kind of person, huh? wc3 for me!

one of the biggest!

I've actually begun designing pieces for a model of the victory in 1/2000 scale :)

Keeping in line with the Looney Toons Acme thing...we could call it the "Tasmanian Devil"! (insert your own Tasmanian Devil growl/snort/comment here)

Oh yeah, I do like the "Ruthless Buzzard" one. Got a big laugh outa me and everybody here at work thinks I am on drugs or something now.

Jerry

You beat me to the name "Hellion," dans1120. I thought of that one and was thinking the squadron marking would be the eagle-like bird on the cover of Judas Priest's "Screaming for Vengeance." Here's a few others, all inspired by the best kind of music in the world...heavy metal!

"Metallion"--I think that's the name given to the creature on the front of Judas Priest's "Defenders of the Faith" album that looks kind of like a cross between a dog and a tank spray-painted with Testor's "Colors by Boyd."

"Painkiller"--Yet another one inspired by a Judas Priest album cover--their "Painkiller" album depicts a knight on steroids riding a flying motorcycle with spinning saw blades for wheels. Below the motorcycle is a devastated landscape. (This would also be an excellent squadron marking.)

"Megadeth"--after Dave Mustaine's band.

"Ktulu"--after the Metallica song "The Call of Ktulu," their second best instrumental. ("Orion" is their best instrumental, but there's already a plane called that.)

"Eruption"--that blistering Eddie Van Halen guitar solo on that band's debut album.

"Creeping Death"--another Metallica song. Granted, "creeping" might best be applied to armor; on the other hand, that song's tempo is more supersonic than creeping!

"The Beast"--from the Iron Maiden song "The Number of the Beast"

"Hammersmith"--from Motorhead's great live album "No Sleep Till Hammersmith."

A night-fighter version could be called the "Night Hunter" after a song by an obscure Dutch heavy metal band called Picture.

"Speed Metal"--a kind of quick-tempoed heavy metal.

"Motorhead"--One of the loudest, rawest, scuzziest heavy metal bands ever; these guys appealed to punk rockers as well as metalheads.

The plane could also be named for these great bands:

"Metallica"

"Black Sabbath"

"Deep Purple"

"Saxon"--an early 80's British heavy metal band.

"Trouble"--a late 80's/early 90's band with a very dark Black Sabbath-like sound.

"Hendrix"--after the guy who virtually invented metal, of course!

Individual planes could have these names:

"Aces High"--an Iron Maiden song about World War II fighter pilots.

"Lights Out"--a song and album by UFO.

"Destroyer"--the Kiss album. (Twisted Sister also did a song called "Destroyer.")

"Bad Company"--not the heaviest band, but a great name for an individual plane! (Hey, one member of Lynyrd Skynyrd liked Bad Company so much he named his bass boat after them.)

You might be wondering why Led Zeppelin isn't found anywhere here. Not that Zeppelin wasn't a great band (they're one of my all time favorites!), but somehow a ground attack plane named for a slow, clumsy dirigible doesn't seem right!

If I think about it, later I'll prowl through my heavy metal collection and post more possibilities for this hypothetical airplane. Perhaps some of you plane fans who are also heavy metal fans might post ideas, too.

OK, as promised, a few more airplane names inspired by heavy metal:

"Aerosmith"

"Renegade"--after a Thin Lizzy album

"Assault Attacker"--after an album called "Assault Attack" by the Michael Schenker group. (Michael Schenker is best known for being the on-again, off-again lead guitarist for UFO.)

"Ripper"--after a Judas Priest song.

A few more names for individual airplanes:

"Appetite for Destruction"--the Guns n' Roses album.

"Stained Class"--a Judas Priest album.

"Get Your Wings"--Aerosmith's second album and an appropriate name for a plane. There's also...

"Flyin' High Again"--one of my all-time favorite Ozzy Osbourne songs. (Just as long as he doesn't sing "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" any more.)

"Lady Lightning"--another song by the obscure Dutch band called Picture (see my previous post in this thread). The name would be most suitable for a P-38, but I just love how that rolls off the tongue!

"Too Hot to Handle"--the live version of this song (from "Strangers in the Night") is one of UFO's finest moments.

tinky-winky haha

How about that most formicable, fearsome creature of all, the Mother-in-Law!!!!!!! (Scary sound effects and theme music in the background) :)

Oops! Just saw Berny's posting. [:0]

Hey guys;
How about the Turkey Vulture or Condor cause they soar around looking for DEAD MEAT, and most Iraqi tankers here where DEAD MEAT even before the roled out the posts gates also it'll go with the AF's thinking of their aircraft names for birds of prey
we got the Eagle, Night Hawk, Falcon, Raptor, and now the Condor (or Turkey Vulture)
have fun & relax
Cuda

And with a flame thrower, i really like these ones:

Diablo - Not acknowleged by Blizzard....
Belzebu
Inferno
Baal (Lord of Destruction) - Also not acknowleged by Blizzard....
Warcraft - Another Blizzard like one....

Some band based:
Thunderstruck - AC/DC
Armaggedon (it) - Def Leppard

I'll think of some more...

By the way, who's the winner name????

How about "The I.R.S."?

What about the "Aieeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!" ?

That's probably what the enemy would call it.

It's probably what the pilot would say the first time he used the flame thrower too.




Is that a weapon of mass destruction, or you just glad to see me?