Post by LOU on Mar 30th, 2011 at 1:03am
You may have seen me refer to the 727 as a "Pig." This was because with the -7 engines it was not a stellar performer in climb. Over the years crew members named all the TWA 727's. The 727 in the Captain Sim model was plane number 7844 - The Star of Frankfurt, but it's real name was Pork Chop!
Naming the pig ships was a lot of fun and some of the names were pretty funny. Here is the list:
727-100 "Piglets"
7831 - Boeing Oink
7833 - Ham Tram
7839 - Piggy Sue
7840 - Sky Pig
7841 - Thunder Pig
7842 - Porky's Pride
7844 - Pork Chop
7845 - Warped Hog
7846 - Lil' Porky
7847 - Schwine Der Blitzen
7848 - Hog jaw
7849 - Lard Limo
7850 - Jimmy Dean
7851 - Short Snort
7852 - Queen of the Sty
7853 - Kitty Hog
7854 - Cloud Boarer
7855 - Slow Pork
7856 - Porcine Princess
7857 - Swine Flew
7859 - Gloria DeJavaline
7889 - Celestial Chitlin
727-200 "Pig Ships"
4301 - Porky's Flagship
4302 - Porky's Petunia
4303 - Hambone
4304 - Porc du Jour
4305 - Picnic Ham
4306 - Heavenly Hambone
4307 - Pigadilly
4308 - Duroc Delight
4309 - Sows About It
4310 - Squealor Pealor
4311 - Spring Chitlin
4312 - Lard Sakes
4313 - Kermit's Desire
4314 - Hampshire Humper
4315 - Hog Lander
4316 - Trough Aloft
4317 - Weiner Winger
4318 - Pigmalion
4319 - Aurora Boarialis
4320 - Lard Above
4321 - Heavenly Hog
4322 - Ham Sweet Ham
4323 - Petulent Porker
4324 - Gilty Lady
4325 - South Dakota Suey
4326 - Me-a-Farrow
4327 - Poland China Diner
4329 - Makin' Bacon
4330 - Short Lardage
4331 - Smokin' Porkin'
4332 - Porky's Palace
4333 - Pig o' my Heart
4334 - Truffle Hunter
4335 - Strato Swine
4336 - Fog Hog
4337 - Oklahoma Oinker
4338 - Pickled Pig's Fleet
4339 - Swine Star of Beirut (the last TWA 727 to be retired)
4340 - Bacon Bomber
4341 - Gloria Vandergilt
4342 - City of Smithfield
4343 - Boaring Soaring
4344 - Old Lang Swine
4345 - Pork Link Connected
4346 - Sue Oui
4347 - Road Hog
4348 - My Hammy Vice
4349 - Sty Stream
4350 - Sow Belly
4351 - Ozone Oinker
4352 - Ham Commander
4353 - Poland China Clipper
4354 - Millennium Wallflower
4355 - Porker Forker
4356 - San Juan Sow
4357 - Barbados Bristler
Here is the STAR of FRANKFORT a.k.a. Pork Chop at the gate in Tegel airport in Berlin in the French sector - circa 1987.
Naming the pig ships was a lot of fun and some of the names were pretty funny. Here is the list:
727-100 "Piglets"
7831 - Boeing Oink
7833 - Ham Tram
7839 - Piggy Sue
7840 - Sky Pig
7841 - Thunder Pig
7842 - Porky's Pride
7844 - Pork Chop
7845 - Warped Hog
7846 - Lil' Porky
7847 - Schwine Der Blitzen
7848 - Hog jaw
7849 - Lard Limo
7850 - Jimmy Dean
7851 - Short Snort
7852 - Queen of the Sty
7853 - Kitty Hog
7854 - Cloud Boarer
7855 - Slow Pork
7856 - Porcine Princess
7857 - Swine Flew
7859 - Gloria DeJavaline
7889 - Celestial Chitlin
727-200 "Pig Ships"
4301 - Porky's Flagship
4302 - Porky's Petunia
4303 - Hambone
4304 - Porc du Jour
4305 - Picnic Ham
4306 - Heavenly Hambone
4307 - Pigadilly
4308 - Duroc Delight
4309 - Sows About It
4310 - Squealor Pealor
4311 - Spring Chitlin
4312 - Lard Sakes
4313 - Kermit's Desire
4314 - Hampshire Humper
4315 - Hog Lander
4316 - Trough Aloft
4317 - Weiner Winger
4318 - Pigmalion
4319 - Aurora Boarialis
4320 - Lard Above
4321 - Heavenly Hog
4322 - Ham Sweet Ham
4323 - Petulent Porker
4324 - Gilty Lady
4325 - South Dakota Suey
4326 - Me-a-Farrow
4327 - Poland China Diner
4329 - Makin' Bacon
4330 - Short Lardage
4331 - Smokin' Porkin'
4332 - Porky's Palace
4333 - Pig o' my Heart
4334 - Truffle Hunter
4335 - Strato Swine
4336 - Fog Hog
4337 - Oklahoma Oinker
4338 - Pickled Pig's Fleet
4339 - Swine Star of Beirut (the last TWA 727 to be retired)
4340 - Bacon Bomber
4341 - Gloria Vandergilt
4342 - City of Smithfield
4343 - Boaring Soaring
4344 - Old Lang Swine
4345 - Pork Link Connected
4346 - Sue Oui
4347 - Road Hog
4348 - My Hammy Vice
4349 - Sty Stream
4350 - Sow Belly
4351 - Ozone Oinker
4352 - Ham Commander
4353 - Poland China Clipper
4354 - Millennium Wallflower
4355 - Porker Forker
4356 - San Juan Sow
4357 - Barbados Bristler
Here is the STAR of FRANKFORT a.k.a. Pork Chop at the gate in Tegel airport in Berlin in the French sector - circa 1987.
