SaparotRob
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I'd like to see a model of that F-105 in Thunderbird livery. BTW I heard an ex-Air Force co-worker refer to the F-105 as the "Lead Sled".
P-47... Origins of the nickname "The Jug" (1 Viewer)
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GreenKnight121
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Here are some photos taken during their Apr 26 1964 to May 9 1964 show career:
GrauGeist
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Yep, "Thud" was certainly not used as an endearing term.
And the F-100 was often called the "Lead Sled" because of the enormous amount of runway it used to get airborn.
And the F-100 was often called the "Lead Sled" because of the enormous amount of runway it used to get airborn.
fubar57
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Admiral Beez
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Reminds me of the Supermarine Scimitar.
SaparotRob
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Great pictures! Thanks GreenKnight 121.
SaparotRob
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I wonder if that counts as a myth busted. He was a B-52 simulator technician (he said "repairman").
Thumpalumpacus
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That's what us Cowboys fans called Drew Bledsoe as well. He never got into the air outside of a hard hit, though.
GrauGeist
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Could have been just a case of mis-quoting or something to that effect.
MiTasol
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One of my favorites, by the way, is for the cold-war era Douglas A3D, often called the "Whistling Sh*tcan"
A3D also called All 3 Dead
From here....
http://faculty.buffalostate.edu/fishlm/folksongs/thud.htm
The WWII P-47 had been nicknamed the Hog, and the follow-on F-84 had become the Super Hog. It was quite natural then that the F-105 would get tagged with Ultra Hog. Transition problems resulting in "controlled flight into terrain" gave rise to the name Lieutenant-eater, but that didn't stick. No one really knows what direction the nickname might have taken but for television, Buffalo Bob Smith, and the Howdy Doody show. Howdy Doody, it was alleged, was the illegitimate son of a Strategic Air Command bomber pilot, and Howdy, assisted by Mickey Mouse, was now writing standardization manuals at HQ, USAF. Buffalo Bob Smith, many others contended, was the role model for any number of Air Force Generals, while Clarabelle the Clown trained USAF stan/eval officers. On the television show, intermittently making mischief with the villainous Mr. Bluster, was a bumbling, drooling, semi-evil Indian named Chief Thunderthud. It had a nice ring to it. Thunder THUD. Thud, as in the noise made by a large heavy object hitting the ground. So, the F-105 became the Thunderthud, and finally, in life and legend, just The Thud.
Whatever the nickname - an amazing machine!
http://faculty.buffalostate.edu/fishlm/folksongs/thud.htm
The WWII P-47 had been nicknamed the Hog, and the follow-on F-84 had become the Super Hog. It was quite natural then that the F-105 would get tagged with Ultra Hog. Transition problems resulting in "controlled flight into terrain" gave rise to the name Lieutenant-eater, but that didn't stick. No one really knows what direction the nickname might have taken but for television, Buffalo Bob Smith, and the Howdy Doody show. Howdy Doody, it was alleged, was the illegitimate son of a Strategic Air Command bomber pilot, and Howdy, assisted by Mickey Mouse, was now writing standardization manuals at HQ, USAF. Buffalo Bob Smith, many others contended, was the role model for any number of Air Force Generals, while Clarabelle the Clown trained USAF stan/eval officers. On the television show, intermittently making mischief with the villainous Mr. Bluster, was a bumbling, drooling, semi-evil Indian named Chief Thunderthud. It had a nice ring to it. Thunder THUD. Thud, as in the noise made by a large heavy object hitting the ground. So, the F-105 became the Thunderthud, and finally, in life and legend, just The Thud.
Whatever the nickname - an amazing machine!
In the early history of the F-100 - that statistic was once held by the F-100A?
SaparotRob
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I like this story and it's the one I'm sticking with.From here....
http://faculty.buffalostate.edu/fishlm/folksongs/thud.htm
The WWII P-47 had been nicknamed the Hog, and the follow-on F-84 had become the Super Hog. It was quite natural then that the F-105 would get tagged with Ultra Hog. Transition problems resulting in "controlled flight into terrain" gave rise to the name Lieutenant-eater, but that didn't stick. No one really knows what direction the nickname might have taken but for television, Buffalo Bob Smith, and the Howdy Doody show. Howdy Doody, it was alleged, was the illegitimate son of a Strategic Air Command bomber pilot, and Howdy, assisted by Mickey Mouse, was now writing standardization manuals at HQ, USAF. Buffalo Bob Smith, many others contended, was the role model for any number of Air Force Generals, while Clarabelle the Clown trained USAF stan/eval officers. On the television show, intermittently making mischief with the villainous Mr. Bluster, was a bumbling, drooling, semi-evil Indian named Chief Thunderthud. It had a nice ring to it. Thunder THUD. Thud, as in the noise made by a large heavy object hitting the ground. So, the F-105 became the Thunderthud, and finally, in life and legend, just The Thud.
Whatever the nickname - an amazing machine!
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Don't forget Lightning, Mustang, Tomahawk, and many others.
GrauGeist
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I'm aware of the formal names - but was posting British nicknames for their types - which don't seemed to be as colorful as their yankee counterparts'.
Though "Terror Moth" and "Meatbox" seems to be pushing the envelope
SaparotRob
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Meatbox?
fubar57
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Gloster Meteor
GrauGeist
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Yep...
Chuck
Airman
I believe the name Jug came from the fact that the early marl 47 fastbacks looked lie a huge jug. remember this was the 40s and the us was still fairly rural.
