Remember the Days When Aircraft had Names? II

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1. The B 52 strategic bomber known as BUFF or ‘Big Ugly Fat Fella’ in polite company but something more earthy by its crews was first introduced more than 50 years ago. What was it called when first introduced? Stratojet Flying Fortress Superfortress Stratofortress

2. When the pilot of this huge bomber requested the control tower for clearance to take-off with the confirmation: “I’ve got six turning and four burning” he would have been flying the: Stratofortress Peacemaker Stratojet Megafortress

3. This huge delta winged bomber resembling a white triangle was a crowd favourite at air shows from the 50’s till the 80’s. Hustler Victor Vulcan Valiant

4. This Russian four engine turboprop bomber tested NATO defences for the last 30 years of the Cold War and was best known by its Western code name: Badger Bear Bison Bull

5. This piston engine Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) aircraft with its distinctive tail boom and goitre-like chin radar had supplementary power available in the form of two small turbojets. Orion Neptune Nimrod Atlantic

6. This piston engine transport dubbed ‘Old Shakey’ by its crews and distinguished by its outsize fuselage and Mickey Mouse like nose radar plied the skies world wide in the 50’s and 60’s when it was operated by MATS (Military Air Transport Service) supporting US military operations abroad. Globemaster II Skymaster Cargomaster SeaMaster

7. This sturdy tail sitting twin engine transport with its fixed undercarriage, nose loading doors and boxlike fuselage and described by one pilot as like “being in charge of 40,000 rivets flying in close formation” was popular with both military and civilian operators. Freighter Argosy Beverley Carvair

8. This British twinjet bomber became the first foreign design to be put into service with the US armed forces since the First World War. Hunter Harrier Canberra Hawk

9. This four engine turboprop transport was still in widespread use in the 2000s by many of the world’s air forces more than fifty years after the introduction of the first versions. Transall Galaxy Belfast Hercules

10. This derivative of the WWII Lancaster bomber was introduced in the 1950’s as an Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) and later as an Airborne Early Warning (AEW) aircraft and served for many years with the RAF (Royal Air Force) and SAAF (South African Air Force). Lancastrian Nimrod York Shackleton