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Old April 24th 07, 05:04 AM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
Don Tuite
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Default Planes named after birds

On Tue, 24 Apr 2007 03:09:55 GMT, "muff528"
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"Morgans" wrote in message
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"muff528" wrote

"Ostrich" and "Dodo"...........probably not a very good marketing
move for a manufacurer to name their airplanes after flightless birds.


Oh, I don't know; Gooney Bird did alright for itself!
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Jim in NC


I thought a gooney bird was an albatross!?!

Some albarross landings have been featured in Disney nature films.

But the one we seem to be skating around is the Booby.

Don