Aircraft Names

[Klinger]

There have been a few that are ..... different. My fave at the moment is the "Beardmore Inflexible"

[Rattler]

The landing gear has nearly 8 foot diameter wheels!

Those teeny props look like the size of the one on the Me 163 Komet! No wonder it couldn't move!

[Enforcer57]

Well, there is the name that RAF pilots gave a particularly lousy German recon plane early in WW1.........the "pig". It was so bad that it was not considered sporting to shoot at it, so they gave them a free pass when encountered.....usually. I don't remember what the actual name was.

[Cold_Gambler]

Well, there is the name that RAF pilots gave a particularly lousy German recon plane early in WW1.........the "pig". It was so bad that it was not considered sporting to shoot at it, so they gave them a free pass when encountered.....usually. I don't remember what the actual name was.

That sounds like a passage in Billy Bishop's book "Winged Warfare"... I don't think he named the type though.

[Bojan]

That "Beardmore Inflexible" looks like a construction road roller with wings. I don't know what were those guys thinking?

Maybe they wanted to use it in building airstrips close to the front.