What is the nickname of the Cessna 310?
Do you know how the Cessna C-310/U-3 got the nickname blue canoe? James Ellis | Commemorative Air Force Central Texas Wing | Facebook. The distinctive white-over-dark-blue paint scheme of USAF U-3s led to the unofficial, but widely recognized, nickname of “Blue Canoe. Other services also operated U-3s, with the US Army acquiring 38 from USAF (25 As and 13 Bs) and the Navy acquiring 12 As (eight from USAF, four from the Army).