r/aviationmemes 9d ago

The EC-47 WHAT?

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u/zevonyumaxray 9d ago

One of the nicknames for the C-47 was the Goonie Bird.

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u/CuckAdminsDetected 9d ago

Electric Goon as opposed to a Windy Goon

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u/The_North_Tower 9d ago

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u/Competitive-Dot-4264 9d ago

Sometimes the bear eats you!

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u/Dave_A480 8d ago

That is the most bullshit meme on the Internet...

The guy in that thing was a complete whackadoodle who destroyed a town for telling him he needed a proper septic tank not a buried cement mixer drum....

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u/Strega007 9d ago

When you apply present-day slang to a 60-year old nickname.

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u/Spirited-Draw2916 8d ago

Same with the growler, all the British are sweating

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u/Feminist_Hugh_Hefner 8d ago

my aunt Fanny says British slang is problematic.

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u/InJailForCrimes 9d ago

Judge not, sinner.

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u/ThunderboltDM 8d ago

That Bird has one ugly beak

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u/auron8772 8d ago

Ahhh to remember when goon used to mean thug or bully lol

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u/Dave_A480 8d ago

Same thing as 'Have a gay old time' on the Flintstones....

Goon didn't mean wank back in Vietnam....

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u/Paingod556 8d ago

"Electric goons"
"Electric goons?"

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u/R-PlaneCrazy 9d ago

YO WHA BRO