Simviation Forum - F-35 Name

Reply #45 - Jul 7^th, 2006 at 4:34pm

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UGH THEY CALLED IT THE LIGHTNING II!!!! Daft idiots!

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Reply #46 - Jul 7^th, 2006 at 4:38pm

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UGH THEY CALLED IT THE LIGHTNING II!!!! Daft idiots!

That's lame.

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Reply #47 - Jul 7^th, 2006 at 4:52pm

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Lightning III it is then... Roll Eyes

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Reply #48 - Jul 7^th, 2006 at 5:02pm

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Lightning II eh? So, which Lightning are they naming it after?

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Reply #49 - Jul 7^th, 2006 at 5:19pm

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Lightning II eh? So, which Lightning are they naming it after?

According to the promotional stuff, both. They're naming it after the P-38 for the US and the EE Lightning for the RAF/RN. All very cunning, except that the RAF had one or two Lightnings on trial in WWII and there were also recorded occasions of them being operated by RAF crews in WWII too...

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Reply #50 - Jul 7^th, 2006 at 5:24pm

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According to the promotional stuff, both. They're naming it after the P-38 for the US and the EE Lightning for the RAF/RN. All very cunning, except that the RAF had one or two Lightnings on trial in WWII and there were also recorded occasions of them being operated by RAF crews in WWII too...

So it'll be the Lightning III in British service then. As they're trying to compare it to the EE Lightning do you suppose that the RAF will treat it as they did the P38. And christen them Castrated Lightnings. Grin

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Reply #51 - Jul 7^th, 2006 at 5:31pm

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"F-35" it is, then!

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Reply #52 - Jul 7^th, 2006 at 5:34pm

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Do you think we on the forum have the collective power to give it the nickname of Sh*te'awk? Shocked

Go forth to websites and forums and airshows and things and start talking about the F35 Sh*te'awk!!!

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Reply #53 - Jul 7^th, 2006 at 5:36pm

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Why not call it the F35JSF? Easier to say than F35 Lightning (II)III

Stupid lockheed......do they have no knowledge of Aviation history??

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Reply #54 - Jul 7^th, 2006 at 6:05pm

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I actually think it's a pretty good name for the F-35, but I think it will still commonly be called the F-35, oh well. Wink

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Reply #55 - Jul 7^th, 2006 at 6:49pm

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Do you think we on the forum have the collective power to give it the nickname of Sh*te'awk? Shocked

Go forth to websites and forums and airshows and things and start talking about the F35 Sh*te'awk!!!

Actually I was thinking the same..

Do we as a forum have the power to change/ invent anything?

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Reply #56 - Jul 9^th, 2006 at 12:56am

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I am not a big fan of the name, but it is good for an official name. I guarantee it will have a seperate nickname, just like the A-10 (Official=Thunderbolt II, Not official=Warthog)

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Reply #57 - Jul 9^th, 2006 at 6:23am

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I am not a big fan of the name, but it is good for an official name. I guarantee it will have a seperate nickname, just like the A-10 (Official=Thunderbolt II, Not official=Warthog)

I think THE SLAP would be a good nick name...

..."Self Landing AeroPlane*"

*AirPlane for our American cousins... Grin

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Reply #58 - Jul 9^th, 2006 at 1:49pm

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Stupid lockheed......do they have no knowledge of Aviation history??

I would ~~think~~ hope they would. Seeing as how that company paved the way for numerous accomplishments in the aerospace industry.

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Reply #59 - Jul 9^th, 2006 at 1:51pm

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I would ~~think~~ hope they would. Seeing as how that company paved the way for numerous accomplishments in the aerospace industry.

They did?

(Duck ands runs...) Grin

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