Was The Grumman "Bearcat" Flown Off Carriers?

"Jack G" wrote in message
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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.

Steven P. McNicoll wrote:
"Thomas Schoene" wrote in message
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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.

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"Jack G" wrote in message
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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

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

You're obviously not a Navy aviator.

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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.

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Oh yeah! Like C-130 and C-131.

"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote in message
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"Nice Again" wrote in message
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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.

Or GU2L

"Ogden Johnson III" wrote in message
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"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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Those are L's.

"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote in message
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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?

See what I've been talking about.
Douglas

"Jack G" wrote in message
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Would that be the Douglas B-26 (JD) or the Martin B-26 (JM) :O)

Jack


"Nice Again" wrote in message
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I can picture the JD in my mind but I have trouble with the B-26.

"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote in message
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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.

There were two entirely different B-26s.

"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote in message
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"Nice Again" wrote in message
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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.