Was The Grumman "Bearcat" Flown Off Carriers?

The Navy system wasn't bizzarre. It made it easy to identiy a/c (mental
picture) by just the lettr and numbers.

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"Nice Again" wrote in message
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F fighter
8 eighth model
F Grumman


I did not ask for an explanation of the Navy's bizarre designation system,
it was your message that was a mystery.

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The Navy system wasn't bizzarre.


The Navy system had multiple designations for virtually identical aircraft.
That's bizarre.



It made it easy to identiy a/c (mental
picture) by just the lettr and numbers.


No easier than the USAAF/USAF system, which had the advantages of order and
logic.

"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote:

"Nice Again" wrote

The Navy system wasn't bizzarre.

The Navy system had multiple designations for virtually identical aircraft.
That's bizarre.

It made it easy to identiy a/c (mental
picture) by just the lettr and numbers.

No easier than the USAAF/USAF system, which had the advantages of order and
logic.

But.

The USAAF/USAF system didn't permit any fun aircraft, like B1RDs.
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The USAAF/USAF system didn't permit any fun aircraft, like B1RDs.


The Navy system didn't allow a B1RD.

How about a GU11?

Jack
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The USAAF/USAF system didn't permit any fun aircraft, like B1RDs.


The Navy system didn't allow a B1RD.

"Jack G" wrote in message
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How about a GU11?


Nope. What type aircraft would the letters GU designate? Where's the
manufacturer's letter?

Steven P. McNicoll wrote:
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How about a GU11?


Nope. What type aircraft would the letters GU designate?

It's a special type used to deliver letters to the mail buoy. Its presence
has been known to attract seabats, which the crews capture and take aboard
ships as pets.





Or in the immortal words of Foghorn Leghorn, "That's a joke, son."

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Those are L's.

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"Jack G" wrote in message
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How about a GU11?


Nope. What type aircraft would the letters GU designate? Where's the
manufacturer's letter?

"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote:

"Ogden Johnson III" wrote

The USAAF/USAF system didn't permit any fun aircraft, like B1RDs.

The Navy system didn't allow a B1RD.

Unlike the Air Farce, the USN/USMC are military services, and
have a sense of humor; so they never let inconsequential
technicalities stand in the way of a joke.
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"Ogden Johnson III" wrote in message
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Unlike the Air Farce, the USN/USMC are military services, and
have a sense of humor; so they never let inconsequential
technicalities stand in the way of a joke.


I guess the USAF types must just have a more sophisticated sense of humor.