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Originally Posted by Oberon
But, they say that the nickname of an aircraft tells a story, and the F-104 had a few, including the "Fliegender Sarg", "Witwenmacher" and (my favourite) "Erdnagel".
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The Japan Air Self-Defense Force called it Eiko ("Glory"). The Pakistani AF name was Badmash ("Hooligan"). Italian pilots called it the nickname Spillone ("Hatpin"), along with Bara volante ("Flying coffin"). In the Canadian Forces, the aircraft were sometimes referred to, in jest, as the Lawn Dart, the Aluminium Death Tube, and the Flying Phallus.