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gooney bird
noun- a C-47A Skytrain plane, also known as a DC-3, most commonly used to transport people and cargo, but also used as a bomber and fighter US, 1942
- “To three-point-land a gooney bird you have to pull the yoke back far enough to stall in a nose-high attitude.” — Elaine Shepard, The Doom Pussy, p. 143, 1967
- She was known affectionately as the “Gooney Bird,” “Dak,” and “Dizzy Three” to the men who flew her during World War II. — San Francisco Chronicle, p. 60, 18 January 1975
- These craft were affectionately known as “Gooney Birds” to the American fighting men, “Dakotas” to the British soldiers, and DC-3s to most civilians. — Ian Padden, U.S. Air COmmando, p. 6, 1985
- Weather like this makes we wish to hell I’d never told them I could fly Gooney Birds. — Walter Boyne and Steven Thompson, The Wild Blue, p. 212, 1986
- a foolish or dim-witted person US, 1956
- That’s shroud music, boy, that’s goony-bird music. — John Clellon Holmes, The Horn, p. 67, 1958
- Strike stayed mute, glancing over at Futon doing the gooney bird. — Richard Price, Clockers, p. 13, 1992
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