What's in a Name?

Since the purchase of my Aircoupe I've been deliberating over what to name her, with such pressure, putting so much importance on finding a suitable, catchy, meaningful and symbolic name. Well, after much brainstorming and weeding through exhaustive lists of suggestions from friends, acronyms and witty puns, I finally realized that it would be impossible to think of one word or phrase that could really represent the entire purpose and meaning of this adventure. Sure, I could call her "Freedom" or "Carpe Diem" or some such similar name that you might see on a NASA space shuttle or on a sail boat in Florida, but those sorts of names aren't personal enough, too generic.

Eventually it came time that if I waited any longer to order my decals for the new name, they wouldn't arrive before my departure. So I made a bunch of cuts from the list of potentials and went with my favorite, a clever pun of course. The cozy 2 seat cockpit of the Aircoupe, along with its Hot Rod look and vintage era construction I think make the name suiting. So without further suspense, the new name is.................

Lil' Deuce Aircoupe



I know, it has nothing to do with Canadian culture, exploring, discovering the magic of small town private aviation, or any of the things that this trip is all about, but just like the plane, it's cute right? After all, that which we call a plane, by any other word would be as sweet.