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PostPosted: Mon Jan 25, 2010 8:00 am 
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Dick Phillips asked me to post this for him:

Here is a list of popular names of a wide variety of aircraft. It includes both foreign and U.S. built machines of types ranging from Piper Cubs to C-17s and including helicopters, gliders and drones. The question is, what do all these aircraft names have in common, other than being aircraft of one kind or another?

Ambassador Archer Arrow Aztec

Bear Buccaneer Bronco Blackhawk Badger Baron Bearcat Beaver Blackbird Bobcat Buckeye Buffalo Bulldog

Cub Cardinal Clipper Colt Cavalier Chief Cadet Camel Choctaw Comet Corsair Cougar Crusader

Dolphin Duck Dragon Duke

Eagle

Falcon Flyer

Giant Grizzlie Galaxy

Hurricane Harrier Hawkeye Hawk Heron Hornet Huskie

Islander

Jaguar

Lightning Lancer

Mariner Marlin Marauder Musketeer Mustang

Northstar

Oriole Osprey Otter Owl

Panther Predator Phantom Privateer

Raptor Rocket

Seahawk Sabre Scorpion Seagull Sea Wolfe Seminole Skyhawk Spartan Sycamore

Tiger Texan Trojan Tomcat Tornado

Viking Valiant Valkyrie Vanguard Vulcan

Wildcat Warhawk Warrior

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Hmm. Best guess I can come up with is that they were possibly all unofficial names that were eventually officially accepted?
Perhaps I am way, way off. It would't be the first time!!! :lol:

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PostPosted: Mon Jan 25, 2010 11:43 am 
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Which one represents the C-17? I don't see "Globemaster III" or "Moose" in that list.


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PostPosted: Mon Jan 25, 2010 11:53 am 
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No one can figure out how to name an aircraft starting with K, Q, U, or X? :D

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I want to say that there is a surviving airframe for every name listed. However that is only true if there is some other aircraft named Giant that is not the ME 323.

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sdennison wrote:
No one can figure out how to name an aircraft starting with K, Q, U, or X? :D


OH-58 Kiowa; YO-3A Quiet Star

Both of these were used in Viet Nam.

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Hmm,

As lots of them I know have multiple different aircraft with that same name, I'm going to guess the answer is each name has been applied to more than one aircraft type...

Are we going to get told the answer?

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Who's Dick Phillips? :?

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There's a WIX badge?! Huh, I didn't get one ... :twisted:

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ZeamerB17 wrote:
Who's Dick Phillips? :?


He's one of the great warbird historians and photographers of yore, like Yoda :D .

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RMAllnutt wrote:
ZeamerB17 wrote:
Who's Dick Phillips? :?


He's one of the great warbird historians and photographers of yore, like Yoda :D .

Cheers,
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Well, actually Yoda answers to Dick!

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sdennison wrote:
No one can figure out how to name an aircraft starting with K, Q, U, or X? :D

Kestrel, Kondor..... ;)

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Answer will be posted sometime tomorrow. Must think way outside the box on this one. There is a connection between then all with something not related to aviation.


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OK, this is a WAG - either military codenames or something to do with the objects in the sky.

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