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Postby Souichiro » Fri Jul 07, 2006 3:34 pm

UGH THEY CALLED IT THE LIGHTNING II!!!! Daft idiots!
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Re: F-35 Name

Postby dcunning30 » Fri Jul 07, 2006 3:38 pm

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



That's lame.
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Re: F-35 Name

Postby C » Fri Jul 07, 2006 3:52 pm

Lightning III it is then... ::) :o ;D
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Re: F-35 Name

Postby Woodlouse2002 » Fri Jul 07, 2006 4:02 pm

Lightning II eh? So, which Lightning are they naming it after?
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Re: F-35 Name

Postby C » Fri Jul 07, 2006 4:19 pm

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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Re: F-35 Name

Postby Woodlouse2002 » Fri Jul 07, 2006 4:24 pm



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. ;D
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Re: F-35 Name

Postby Tweek » Fri Jul 07, 2006 4:31 pm

"F-35" it is, then!
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Re: F-35 Name

Postby Woodlouse2002 » Fri Jul 07, 2006 4:34 pm

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


Go forth to websites and forums and airshows and things and start talking about the F35 Sh*te'awk!!!
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Re: F-35 Name

Postby Mictheslik » Fri Jul 07, 2006 4:36 pm

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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Re: F-35 Name

Postby Mobius » Fri Jul 07, 2006 5:05 pm

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. ;)
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Re: F-35 Name

Postby Souichiro » Fri Jul 07, 2006 5:49 pm

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


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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Re: F-35 Name

Postby Jakemaster » Sat Jul 08, 2006 11:56 pm

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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Re: F-35 Name

Postby C » Sun Jul 09, 2006 5:23 am

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... ;D
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Re: F-35 Name

Postby flyboy 28 » Sun Jul 09, 2006 12:49 pm

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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Re: F-35 Name

Postby C » Sun Jul 09, 2006 12:51 pm


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



They did? ;) :) ;D

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