Walt Disney’s Davy Crockett phenomenon in the 1950s starred Fess Parker in the role of Davy Crockett. He frequently referred to his rifle as “Old Betsy.” Some folks call their Ruger model LCP Light Compact Pistol, “Elsie”. Gun owners sometimes give their weapons a personal name.
Plane owners sometimes do likewise for their planes. Does your plane have an unofficial "personalized name"?
I’m not so much after official nicknames for planes like the "flying milk stool" for the Piper Pacer, or "Shakey Jake" for the Cessna 195. Instead, I’m more interested in any personalized names owners may have assigned their planes,
Sky King named his twin Cessna “Songbird”. I think his earlier Bamboo Bomber plane had the same name.
Then there is the totally amazing Amelia Earhart.
Amelia named many of her aircraft. The first was 'Canary' , a bright yellow Kinner Airster in which she made many flights. Her most well known plane was a red Lockheed Vega 5, which she called "the little red bus". This was the same type of aircraft flown by the famous Wiley Post ( who had flown it around the world ) . Amelia's final aircraft was the Lockheed Electra 10E which she called 'the Flying Laboratory'. This was actually owned by Purdue University for whom Amelia worked at that time. Source: http://www.answers.com/Q/What_did_Amelia_Earhart_name_her_plane
If I ever buy a Rans, Bearhawk, or Just Aircraft kit, I think I’ll name it “Pieces”, at least in the beginning.
** So, do you have an interesting personalized name for your plane?
** Have you heard of any other cool names and what aircraft types were involved?
** Is it considered bad luck to rename a plane?
Or after descending from about 12,000' with an empty 206 and landing at over a 105 mph and being over gross! 
