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Don't forget to add......
Posted by Tony on Tue Nov 20, 2001 12:20:29 PM
In reply top What about a Qinetiq SE.5A posted by Gregory Alegi on Tue Nov 20, 2001 12:06:29 PM
Boeing P51, BAE(woodford)Lancaster, Aeritalia MC205,Flugwerke FW190, BMW Merlin and Griffon, Chrysler DB605, DASA Jumo 213, and horror of horrors The "Eurofighter" Typhoon.
Why couldn't we have just called it Spitfire II and have done with it? The answer was, "Because it might offend our german partners" Oh? and naming it after an aeroplane that decimated a Panzer division at Falaise doesn't?
Sure everyone can think of others....this might be quite fun :0)
Tony
: And why not ask Jane's AWA to update its older editions to
: include the Qinetiq SE.5A, BAE Systems Tiger Moth, Alenia
: CR.42, EADS Bf.109 and D.520 (wonder how they managed to
: sell fighters to both sides during the same war...).
:
: To me, aircraft are what they were at the time of first fl
: ight or actual manufacture ... I'm just too old to relearn
: all the names!
:
: Gregory
:
:
: : Boeing B-24?
: :
: : Consolidated Aircraft Corp built the B-24 Liberator
: :
: : 1940 -- B-24 production begins
: :
: : 1941 -- Company is acquired by Aviation Corp. (AVCO)
: :
: : 1943 -- Corporation forms Consolidated Vultee Aircraft C
: or
: : p. with Vultee Aircraft Corp.
: :
: : 1954 -- Consolidated Vultee Aircraft is acquired by Conv
: ai
: : r
: :
: : 1954 -- Convair Division is formed by General Dynamics a
: ft
: : er the acquisition of Consolidated Vultee Aircraft
: :
: : 1994 -- Convair Division Aircraft Structure unit is sold
: t
: : o McDonnell Douglas
: :
: : 1997 -- McDonnell Douglas sold to Boeing
: :
: :
: : But Equally it could be Lockheed B-24
: :
: : 1940 -- B-24 production begins
: :
: : 1941 -- Mile-long plant is built in Ft. Worth
: :
: : 1941 -- Company is acquired by Aviation Corp. (AVCO)
: :
: : 1943 -- Corporation forms Consolidated Vultee Aircraft C
: or
: : p. with Vultee Aircraft Corp.
: :
: : 1954 -- Consolidated Vultee Aircraft is acquired by Conv
: ai
: : r
: :
: : 1954 -- Convair Division is formed by General Dynamics a
: ft
: : er the acquisition of Consolidated Vultee Aircraft
: :
: : 1961 -- Fort Worth Division is formed by General Dynamic
: s
: :
: :
: : 1993 -- Division is sold to Lockheed