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Old Sep 5, 2007 | 1:24 pm
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Originally Posted by fly co to see the yanks
ship? why is a plane called a ship? i hope it doesn't end up in water.

does that stand for ship(ment) as in shipment number?
No - they just use nautical terminology for most things in aviation, and this is one of them. Just like port / starboard, rudder, calling an aircraft "she" - not sure how Peter Max fits into this though , etc....
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