For instance:
- Boeing 747 – the queen of heaven”
- Boeing 737-200 – pig” o “tinmouse”
- Boeing 777- T7”
- MD-80 – “Maddog”
- Pilate PC-6 – “Dash”
- Airbus A380 – “Super Jumbo” he is “a whale”
- Airbus A350 – raccoon”
- B-52 – “Buff”
Boeing 747: Jumbo Jet, Whale, The Valiant, Upstairs and Downstairs, Lump, Humpback, Queen of the Skies (used for many aircraft but probably mostly the 747), the Aluminum Overcast.
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engines); the 767 is the “Dumpster,” the “Slug” and “Stumpy”; the 777 became the “Cripple Seven,” “Bigfoot,” “Sasquatch” and “Seventh Wonder”; and finally, the 787 (Boeing's “Dreamliner”) has morphed into the “Tupper-jet.”
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The Boeing 787-9 “Dreamliners” got their nickname from a worldwide competition Boeing held in 2003.
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In July 2003, a public naming competition was held for the 7E7, for which out of 500,000 votes cast online the winning title was Dreamliner. Other names included eLiner, Global Cruiser, and Stratoclimber. All Nippon Airways launched the 787 program with an order for 50 aircraft in 2004.
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In 2006, the F-35 was given the name Lightning II after the Lockheed P-38 Lightning of World War II. Some USAF pilots have nicknamed the aircraft Panther instead. The aircraft's software was developed as six releases, or Blocks, for SDD.
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