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![]() "Jack G" wrote in message ... Q was assigned to: Bristol Fairchild Stinson Chas. Ward Hall Inc. The R4Q-1 and R4Q-2 were the Marine version of the Fairchild C-119 Packet - AKA Flying Boxcar. Thanks, but R4Q-1 and R4Q-2 are not R4Q and R4Q2. |
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Steven P. McNicoll wrote:
"Thomas Schoene" wrote in message ink.net... Or in the immortal words of Foghorn Leghorn, "That's a joke, son." See my previous post about sophisticated humor. If you have to say it's a joke, it ain't. Or sometimes jokes aren't funny if told to people with no sense of humor. Nevermind. -- Tom Schoene Replace "invalid" with "net" to e-mail "If brave men and women never died, there would be nothing special about bravery." -- Andy Rooney (attributed) |
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![]() "Jack G" wrote in message ... Q was assigned to: Bristol Fairchild Stinson Chas. Ward Hall Inc. The R4Q-1 and R4Q-2 were the Marine version of the Fairchild C-119 Packet - AKA Flying Boxcar. Jack The C-82 was the Packet, the C-119 and R4Q were the Flying Boxcars. Tex |
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OJ- The USAAF/USAF system didn't permit any fun aircraft, like B1RDs
BRBR or GU11 P. C. Chisholm CDR, USN(ret.) Old Phart Phormer Phantom, Turkey, Viper, Scooter and Combat Buckeye Phlyer |
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You're obviously not a Navy aviator.
"Thomas Schoene" wrote in message link.net... Nice Again wrote: That's one of the points, you can tell the mfg. Doh! I'd call it a bug, not a feature. If it told you the designer, it might be of some value, but manufacturer names are often too fluid to be helpful. As is, the system is potentially quite confusing, as the examples given before can show (F4U, FG and F3B are the same plane!?!) It makes little sense to use a system that requires different designations for the same aircraft just because it was built by different companies or the factory changed ownership. Moreover, from an amateur's perspective, the Navy system makes it difficult to instantly recognize which aircraft came first in production, or tell which are contemporaries of each other. The F4U and F4D aren't even remotely of the same era, for example, but you can't tell that from their designations. OTOH, you can tell that the F-14, -15, and -16 came in that order and probably realize that they are rough contemporaries. -- Tom Schoene Replace "invalid" with "net" to e-mail "If brave men and women never died, there would be nothing special about bravery." -- Andy Rooney (attributed) |
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Oh yeah! Like C-130 and C-131.
"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote in message ink.net... "Nice Again" wrote in message ... 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. |
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Or GU2L
"Ogden Johnson III" wrote in message ... "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. -- OJ III [Email sent to Yahoo addy is burned before reading. Lower and crunch the sig and you'll net me at comcast] |
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Those are L's.
"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote in message link.net... "Jack G" wrote in message ... How about a GU11? Nope. What type aircraft would the letters GU designate? Where's the manufacturer's letter? |
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See what I've been talking about.
Douglas "Jack G" wrote in message ... Would that be the Douglas B-26 (JD) or the Martin B-26 (JM) :O) Jack "Nice Again" wrote in message ... I can picture the JD in my mind but I have trouble with the B-26. "Steven P. McNicoll" wrote in message link.net... "Nice Again" wrote in message ... 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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There were two entirely different B-26s.
"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote in message link.net... "Nice Again" wrote in message ... I can picture the JD in my mind but I have trouble with the B-26. I can picture them both, and the JM too. |
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