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I am writing a paper but now I have to stop. I am confused about the gender of aircraft. I personally side with them being females.

99% will say aircraft are female. Now the question is how can your baby be the grandfather of another aircraft when it's a female?

Lineage is generally male so how does the whole female concept work out?

I know they are objects but who isn't attached to at least one airframe?

Example:
"The 707 is the grandfather of today's modern 737."
"My airplane is the sexiest girl on the ramp."
 
bigblockz8 said:
I am writing a paper but now I have to stop. I am confused about the gender of aircraft. I personally side with them being females.

99% will say aircraft are female. Now the question is how can your baby be the grandfather of another aircraft when it's a female?

Lineage is generally male so how does the whole female concept work out?

I know they are objects but who isn't attached to at least one airframe?

Example:
"The 707 is the grandfather of today's modern 737."
"My airplane is the sexiest girl on the ramp."
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It's very simple and there are other examples in the animal kingdom such as the Sheepshead fish as found in the NE Pacific region. All are born female, and then as nature requires for reproduction, some older and wiser ones become males to breed the species as required.

If you write this correctly you can get an A :rofl:
 
Henning said:
It's very simple and there are other examples in the animal kingdom such as the Sheepshead fish as found in the NE Pacific region. All are born female, and then as nature requires for reproduction, some older and wiser ones become males to breed the species as required.
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That's very Jurassic Park
 
Individual aircraft are female, following the naval tradition that all ships (and boats) are female.

If you don't want to use the phrase "707 is the grandfather of the 737" then you can rewrite it as "707 is the direct ancestor of the 737"
 
I do not personalize, much less genderize, any airplane, ship, vehicle, or other inanimate object.

Well, of course there is the exception of my inflatable "Love Ewe"....
 
My airplane is nicknamed "Romeo" because it is the last character of HER name.
 
Henning is right. Also scientists have succeded in fertilizing an egg with the chromosomes from another egg making male sperm superflous
 
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Aircraft are undeniably female. I offer the following evidence, and invite all to add as they see fit:

1.) We will spend inordinate amounts of money on them without hesitation, just for a few hours of pleasure.

2.) While we profess undying love for our own, we sneak peeks at any others we see taxiing by.
 
Om-goodness, I can tell its time for "the talk"
See pictures, M or F? It's not that difficult. Concentrate while you view the pics, get back to me.
 

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Let'sgoflying! said:
Om-goodness, I can tell its time for "the talk"
See pictures, M or F? It's not that difficult. Concentrate while you view the pics, get back to me.
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Oh Great,,, Now we have degraded to " AIRCRAFT PORN",:yesnod::wink2:

Ya got any more:dunno::dunno::lol:
 
The word "precursor" could work as a substitute for grandfather. Sneaking peeks is only wrong if you get caught ;)
 
bigblockz8 said:
I am writing a paper but now I have to stop. I am confused about the gender of aircraft. I personally side with them being females.

99% will say aircraft are female. Now the question is how can your baby be the grandfather of another aircraft when it's a female?

Lineage is generally male so how does the whole female concept work out?

I know they are objects but who isn't attached to at least one airframe?

Example:
"The 707 is the grandfather of today's modern 737."
"My airplane is the sexiest girl on the ramp."
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Lester is male. He came to me as a male. He was already named by his previous owner, a male.

In my family, Lester will always be...Lester. If my granddaughter wants to paint him pink...well they will just have to work that out.

Deb


1948 Luscombe 8E
"Lester"
 
High maintenance and expensive to keep up. I'll let you decide what gender that is.
 
I never thought about it, but I would have to say hi offer call her a lady.
 
My Mooney 234mp was a he. What else for Mike papa?
The Jabiru 697J is a she.
So says the better half.
 
My first CFI was an A&P in WWII and he was very strick about aircraft being female.
 
Yellowbird is a she. I refer to other Cardinals as her siblings. Other Cessna types are cousins, except the 210, which is her elder brother.
 
Atlas, our Pathfinder, is a he. He is named such because Atlas could lift the world -- and with that big ol' O-540 out front, he is one of the few piston singles that can lift the equivalent of his own empty weight. If it fits in the door, we fly, with few worries about CG.

Baby, our Warrior, was a she. With her petite little O-320, and meager useful load, she was quite dainty. We loved her so, but she couldn't lift our family anymore...

Sweetie, our Ercoupe, was a little girl. With her tiny 80 hp engine, and sedate performance, she was babied and loved, and cost almost nothing to own and fly. I sure miss her 4 GPH (of car gas) fuel burn.

So, there you have it. Not all planes are girls.
 
I ended up using predecessor instead of a gender. Luckily I did not fall for the trap as the people that wrote about automobiles all ended up having a follow up paper to write. "How exactly can an object have a gender and why must the assigned gender be female?"

The odd thing, thinking about it, there is a 180 on bush wheels with STOL mods on it, name painted on the side is "Bubba" yet pretty sure the owner has referred to "Bubba" as a "her" and "she." Only object that I think of as a female is my pink car. That's of course because it's pink and my baby (Pink is a great way to prevent people from borrowing,using, and stealing your car. Especially when it's of 1972 vintage and runs better than you do).
 
Ro is most definately a female. A high maintenance glamourpuss with an insatiable desire to go high, fly fast and look very, very nice doing it.


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With his current paint scheme, The Branded Bird is definitely male. I considered giving him a sex change the next time I have him painted, but (a) I won't be able to afford to paint an airplane anytime soon and (b) female Cardinals (like most bird species) just aren't that pretty.
 
bigblockz8 said:
Lineage is generally male so how does the whole female concept work out?

I know they are objects but who isn't attached to at least one airframe?
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In many Polynesian cultures, the lineage is female :nono: :)

Mine is definitely female, as evidenced by how often she acts like a *****.
 
alaskaflyer said:
In many Polynesian cultures, the lineage is female :nono: :)

Mine is definitely female, as evidenced by how often she acts like a *****.
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I forgot about that. Learned it as a child but since we're not from where we are from, just went out the window. At the same time, I am a 3rd in a society in which females are expected to take their husband's surname. Times are changing though so I really have to wonder about how lineage will turn out.

Jets= female 100% of the time, always "whining" :D
 
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