"Don Tuite" wrote in message
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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

Booby is a different species than a gooney bird but they are both
flying sea birds.. Of course "Gooney Bird" is the nickname for
DC3/C-47 but maybe the Grumman Albatross would be better
named the "Booby" :-))
see--
http://www.richard-seaman.com/Wallpa...nAlbatross.jpg