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Old September 28th 03, 11:38 PM
phil hunt
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On Sun, 28 Sep 2003 23:05:16 +0200, Emmanuel Gustin wrote:
I like the original 1918 British system. Surely the paper-pusher who
determined that henceforth fighters would have names that were
"Zoological, Vegetable, or Mineral" and must alliterate with the
name of the manufacturer, had a mischievous streak...


Hmmm...

The Hawker-Siddeley Haricot, the BAE Banana :-)


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