Question about Russian airplane names

[Alex]

George Fowler wrote:
>
> Greetings!
>
> An old friend of mine (no connection to our field, though he did take
> Russian in college) sent me a message asking about Russian names or
> nicknames for some of their airplanes. I have the strong impression
> that Russians do in fact use the alphanumeric designations even in
> casual discourse, but I would be happy to be proven wrong on this. If
> anyone knows of some more descriptive names, or a source to look them
> up in, please email me off list. Thanks!

If you mean military airplanes - this is true. Especially for fighters.
But some large transport planes do have names. And some historical air
planes had personal names too. Some helicopters have nick names.

Regards

Alex

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