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So the albratross (a.k.a. gooney bird) has its military connections to showcase here.
Aero L-39 Albatros.
Czech jet trainer aircraft. As @pking_3 noted, this one appears in the pre-title action of
TOMORROW NEVER DIES.
Douglas C-47 Skytrain (or Dakota as RAF designation).
Military transport, variation on the Douglas DC-3 airliner. Allied use during World War II, still in service. Reportedly received the nickname "Gooney Bird" in Europe. (Almost looks like "JB" on this one.)
USMC R2D (militarized DC-2).
Alternate story: first aircraft to land on Midway, thereafter associated with the resident long-winged albatross as "the Gooney Bird".
Long-winged albatross
Piaggio P.166S Albatross-Maritime and Coastal Patrol. 1950s Italian-made.
Grumman HU-16 Albatross, a US Air Force, Navy and Coast Guard amphibious flying boat
Beriev A-40 Albatros, a Russian amphibious plane
Gossamer Albatross, a human-powered airplane
Albatross (golf), a score of three under par.
My favourites are the family of WW1 fighters:
1. a small songbird, like the titmouse
2. vulgar slang for a breast or nipple/teat
3. recourse for insult or injury (tit for tat)
4. a fool or idiot (British)
Old English (tit as teat, nipple); Dutch (tit); German (Zitze). Originally "tip for tap". Thought to be from Scandinavia, as with Icelandic titlingur sparrow.
Tits (Paridaeare), also known as chickadees or titmice in North America, are generally found north of the equator and in Africa. The name combines the Old English mase (maison, German Meise), and tit (small). They are small forest birds, short bills, eating bugs and seeds. Smart, noisy, energized, social. Their call chick-a-dee rallies others for a mob defense in response to danger, with "dee" repeated for measure.
Tufted titmouse
There are the Fire-capped tit (Cephalopyrus flammiceps), Yellow-browed tit (Sylviparus modestus), Sultan tit (Melanochlora sultanea), Black-breasted tit or rufous-naped tit (Periparus rufonuchalis), Rufous-vented tit (Periparus rubidiventris), Coal tit (Periparus ater), Yellow-bellied tit (Pardaliparus venustulus), Elegant tit (Pardaliparus elegans), Palawan tit (Pardaliparus amabilis), European crested tit (Lophophanes cristatus), Grey crested tit, Lophophanes dichrous[/i]), Bridled titmouse (Baeolophus wollweberi), Oak titmouse (Baeolophus inornatus), Juniper titmouse (Baeolophus ridgwayi), Tufted titmouse (Baeolophus bicolor), Black-crested titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus), Varied tit (Sittiparus varia), Owston's tit (Sittiparus owstoni), Iriomote tit (Sittiparus olivaceus), Chestnut-bellied tit (Sittiparus castaneoventris), White-fronted tit (Sittiparus semilarvatus), White-browed tit (Poecile superciliosus), Sombre tit (Poecile lugubris), Père David's tit (Poecile davidi), Marsh tit (Poecile palustris), Caspian tit (Poecile hyrcanus), Black-bibbed tit (Poecile hypermelaenus), Willow tit (Poecile montanus), Sichuan tit (Poecile weigoldicus), Carolina chickadee (Poecile carolinensis), Black-capped chickadee (Poecile atricapillus), Mountain chickadee (Poecile gambeli), Mexican chickadee (Poecile sclateri), Grey-headed chickadee (Poecile cinctus), Boreal chickadee (Poecile hudsonicus), Chestnut-backed chickadee (Poecile rufescens), African blue tit (Cyanistes teneriffae, formerly included in C. caeruleus), Eurasian blue tit (Cyanistes caeruleus), Azure tit (Cyanistes cyanus), Ground tit (Pseudopodoces humilis), Great tit (Parus major), Japanese tit (Parus minor, often included in Parus major), Cinereous tit (Parus cinereus, split from P. major), Green-backed tit (Parus monticolus), White-naped tit (Machlolophus nuchalis), Yellow tit (Machlolophus holsti), Himalayan black-lored tit (Machlolophus xanthogenys), Indian black-lored tit (Machlolophus aplonotus), Yellow-cheeked tit (Machlolophus spilonotus), White-shouldered black tit (Melaniparus guineensis), White-winged black tit (Melaniparus leucomelas), Southern black tit (Melaniparus niger), Carp's tit (Melaniparus carpi), White-bellied tit (Melaniparus albiventris), White-backed black tit (Melaniparus leuconotus), Dusky tit (Melaniparus funereus), Rufous-bellied tit (Melaniparus rufiventris), Cinnamon-breasted tit (Melaniparus pallidiventris), Red-throated tit (Melaniparus fringillinus), Stripe-breasted tit (Melaniparus fasciiventer), Acacia tit or Somali Tit (Melaniparus thruppi), Miombo tit (Melaniparus griseiventris), Ashy tit (Melaniparus cinerascens), Grey tit (Melaniparus afer).
Great tit (Parus major)
Japanese tit or Shijukara (Parus minor, often included in Parus major)
Elegant tit
Varied tit
Sombre tit
Eurasian blue tit
Mexican chickadee
Blame our fascist mods for that. Even posting a picture of a female nipple gets you a lifetime ban, and that counts all your reincarnated forms too if you believe in that sort of thing.
The tip is too much like a nipple. FLAGGED POST FOR BANNING.
Hope you like tobacco products.
"You sound like a commercial."
1. small crested songbird, sings in flight
2. activity for fun or amusement
3. a waste of time (British)
Old English (lāferce, lǣwerce); Dutch (leeuwerik); German (Lerche).
Lark Alaudidae. As a ground bird, has long hind claw for balance. Brown camouflage coloring with streaks, sometimes with striking black or white. Dine on bugs and seeds, use bill to root out food. For human consumption, can be eaten bone-in. Good in stews, broiled, or in meat pie. Tongues a delicacy. Look for them on the menu in Italy and southern Europe.
Songs are territorial or mating calls. Their likable melodies give them a place in Western culture, in Europe notably the Eurasian skylark, crested lark, calandra lark. Can indicate dawn, or religious notions.
Horned lark
Crested lark
Foxy lark
Monotonous lark
Spike-heeled lark
Pink-breasted lark
Archer's lark
A mention in the dialog of ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE didn't make the cut, however.
Aérospatiale SE 313 Alouette II, Tiger Tanaka's transport to the ninja camp in YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE
Aérospatiale SA 316b Alouette III, like the one seen in OCTOPUSSY
Q Branch supplied a Lark cigarette (explosive) pack in LICENCE TO KILL.
Lark cigarettes, a Philip Morris product, had their time with Bond films and used a couple Bond actors for ads in Asia as the Western market declined. A touch of Dalton, and a lot of Brosnan (who later joined anti-smoking campaigns).
James Bond vs. The Twin Oddjobs!
WELL NOW. That's my day brightened!
And the Brosnan "films", well...
I'd actually love to see a scene like that in Bond 25, with Bond entering a SPECTRE exclusive event in costume Eyes Wide Shut style and infiltrating the organization from the inside.
Yes, Bond being symbolized as the messenger of death in Day of the Dead style was a great sight, and one of my favorite images/concepts in the series. I still think a Bond masquerade ball would be a thrill to see however, and I can't believe it hasn't been played with before given Bond's knack for disguise in the novels.
Harrier - ˈherēər/ - noun
1. one who persistently attacks
2. a raptor, capable of low circular flight and hovering and diving on a target
3. a hunting dog for hares
4. cross-country runner
5. a military jet, capable of hovering in flight
Middle English (hayrer, as in hare+er). 16th Century (harrower, to pillage). Scottish (harer, to rob).
Harrier (Circus), this genus name from Greek kirkos meaning circle. Daytime hunters.
Montagu's harrier (Circus pygargus), Hen harrier (Circus cyaneus), Northern harrier (Circus hudsonius), Western marsh harrier (Circus aeruginosus), Eastern marsh harrier (Circus spilonotus), African marsh harrier (Circus ranivorus), Swamp harrier (Circus approximans), Papuan harrier (Circus spilothorax), Malagasy harrier (Circus macrosceles), Réunion harrier (Circus maillardi), Long-winged harrier (Circus buffoni), Spotted harrier (Circus assimilis), Black harrier (Circus maurus), Cinereous harrier (Circus cinereus), Pallid harrier (Circus macrourus), Pied harrier (Circus melanoleucos), Eyles's harrier (Circus eylesi), Wood harrier (Circus dossenus).
Hen harrier
Northern harrier
African marsh harrier
Eurasian marsh harrier
Reunion harrier
Wood harrier
In THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS, Koskov defects via pipeline to be alighted by a Hawker Siddely Harrier to "freedom".
Hawker Siddeley Harrier AV-8b
Bond pilots a Sea Harrier in John Gardner's novel Win, Lose, or Die--an exercise turned deadly.
BAe Sea Harrier FA2
AV-8 Harrier II
British Aerospace Harrier II—2nd generation Harrier used by the UK
Hawker Harrier—experimental biplane torpedo bomber aircraft built in the 1920s
Hawker Gerry Duggan
Hairier, miscellaneous