The nickname "flying banana" or Flying Banana may be applied to: Trains on British railways GWR diesel railcar – introduced in 1932 InterCity 125 – referring to the original livery of the British Rail High Speed Train New Measurement Train – used by Network Rail to check track and signalling equipment Other uses DFW B.I — Imperial German unarmed two-seat observation biplane with "banana-planform" wings (1914) Piasecki H-21 – a military helicopter Handley Page H.P.42 - a British biplane airliner HRP Rescuer – an American tandem-rotor helicopter Geostationary Banana Over Texas – a proposed work of art that received funding from the Canadian government but was never created Southern yellow-billed hornbill – a hornbill found in southern Africa The airplanes of Hughes Air West were known as "flying bananas" due to their distinctive banana-yellow fuselage and tail colors.