Cub Driver wrote in message . ..
So, if Grumman has a long history of building "cat" named aircraft,
how then is Tomcat "unique"?

Because it's a *good* name? That certainly is unique in the annals of
postwar U.S. warplanes.

One of the earlier unofficial proposed names was "Alleycat", so I
don't buy the "Tom's Cat" story as "unique". A better substitution is
more likely.

Well, okay: Raptor. I make another exception for Raptor as well.
That's a very good name!

This also started off as "Superstar"- a horrible name. Raptor is more
fitting, but not as a bird of prey... just a dinosaur that should get
a taxpayer extinction.

Rob (being sarcastic on purpose)

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