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[Lubos-PM]

 

[fotoi]

USAF AC-130 gunship.

 

[Lubos-PM]

 

[fotoi]

FIFI, the Boeing B-29 Superfortress.

 

[Levina de Ruijter]

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Looks familiar...

 

[Levina de Ruijter]

FIFI, the Boeing B-29 Superfortress.

Sooo, Fifi?

 

[fotoi]

Sooo, Fifi?

The aircrew named their aircraft during WWII and the tradition continues today.

 

[Levina de Ruijter]

The aircrew named their aircraft during WWII and the tradition continues today.

So it really is a name and not an abbreviation of something, which I thought it would be.

 

[fotoi]

So it really is a name and not an abbreviation of something, which I thought it would be.

Yes. Got this from google: Fifi is a French nickname of the name Josephine. Which is news to me as well.

 

[Lubos-PM]

 

[fotoi]

Touchdown on a rainy day in Atlanta.

 

[Lubos-PM]

 

[fotoi]

USAF V-22 Osprey

 

[LtDave]

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first thing i thought of was these water rockets from the 60s and 70s.

fill the rocket with water. put it on the pump and compress the air against the water. hit the release and they soar away...

internet image

 

[fotoi]

American Airlines Douglas DC-7 cockpit.