A fun question how many aircraft are named after insects?

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I  can  think of only 2  fairie firefly and the flying flea how many more??

captsead0nkey · Accepted Answer

Folland Gnat
AEA June Bug
De Havilland - Moth, Giant Moth, tiger moth, fox moth, hornet moth, dragonfly, hawk moth, swallow moth, leopartd moth, mosquito, Hornet

Boeing F/A Hornet , Super Hornet
Fairey Firefly
Northrup Scorpion
Northrup Black Widow


thats all i could find so far..

Shackleton · Answer

All planes in the De Havailland "Moth" series, F/A 18 Hornet, De Havailland Mosquito, Focke Wulf TA 154 Moskito, Fairey Firefly, A 37 Dragonfly, Piper Grasshopper...

DMD3 · Answer

There's one called the Gee Bee.

There was another aircraft that had the record of being the smallest aircraft in the world.  I believe it was called 'The Bumble Bee'.  But unfortunately, it crashed.

Anonymous · Answer

A whole line of DeHavilland 'Moth' aircraft: Like the Fox Moth, Tiger Moth, Puss Moth, etc.

Dr. Evil · Answer

F18 Hornet

Anonymous · Answer

1 airplane - the F/A-18 Hornet and 2 aircraft carriers - the Wasp CV-7 (8th ship of that same name) & the Hornet CV-8 ( 7th ship of that same name)..

lana_sands · Answer

Gee Bee racer

Kirk · Answer

Mosquito.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Havilland_Mosquito

Anonymous · Answer

no body cares

0NE TRlCK P0NY · Answer

There is the CriCri (Cricket)

http://www.cricri.zoomshare.com/files/cricri1_0.jpg

http://www.aerospaceweb.org/question/planes/cricri/cricri-jet.jpg

NORTHROP ----- black widow

T37 ----------------- dragonfly

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A fun question how many aircraft are named after insects?

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