Warbird Information Exchange

i don't give a hoot about anybody's sexual preference, etc, what ever floats your boat!!! but i find it interesting that nato or the usaf code named the mig 15 with the monniker "fagot" in the 1950's!!! that would never happen today, regardless of who is the enemy!!!

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tom d. friedman - hey!!! those fokkers were messerschmitts!! * without ammunition, the usaf would be just another flying club!!! * better to have piece of mind than piece of tail!!

Tom;
I did not even have to read your post and knew exactly what airplane you were talking about! It is a crappy code name.
Scott.....

Here's the dictionary definition of the word "Fagot". It doesn't appear to have anything to do with the derogatory term.

fag·ot also fag·got (fgt)
n.
1. A bundle of twigs, sticks, or branches bound together.
2. A bundle of pieces of iron or steel to be welded or hammered into bars.
tr.v. fag·ot·ed also fag·got·ed, fag·ot·ing also fag·got·ing, fag·ots also fag·gots
1. To bind into a fagot; bundle.
2. To decorate with fagoting.

I'm not sure the derogatory term, spelled faggot, was even thought about when the MiG-15 was named.

Walt

What about the Mig 21?? its not really offensive..but come on..FISHBED??? Ewww

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Trae

rare bear thanks for the definition. but unfortunately you must admit the sound of the derogatory version is the connotation most people think of. for that matter........what were the original code namers thinking of???

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tom d. friedman - hey!!! those fokkers were messerschmitts!! * without ammunition, the usaf would be just another flying club!!! * better to have piece of mind than piece of tail!!

T-6 Texan II,
Who ever heard of a Texan born in Kansas ? and it is not even built by the same company as the original.

Its just a really good name!!!!

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Trae

Kates and Sallys are pretty feminine for war machines.

Here in Blighty "Faggots" is also a meat dish made with liver... never tried it, don't believe I ever will...

There was a russian bomber in the cold war that the Russians got all upset about the name, cant remember which one though. Hacker might know.




They named it the Texan II because it was the first trainer since the real McCoy that was used by the Air Force and the Navy.

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How could it be a real trainer, it has a training wheel under the nose. real pilots fly taildraggers

Uh, are we forgetting the T-28 and T-34?

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Dean Hemphill, K5DH
Port Charlotte, Florida

T-34 is a fun all around sport airplane, but it is not a good trainer for the more powerful and less forgiving T-6, P-51 etc. It is probably the easiest airplane to land of anything I've flow and would be my plane of choice in a forced landing except maybe a Cub.

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Bill Greenwood
Spitfire N308WK

No, those I left out.

Real pilots fly taildraggers is right

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Check out this link:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NATO_reporting_name

quote: "Many of the names were not particularly flattering, though that is a matter of opinion. For many there was no real overall meaning, others hinted at clever double meanings, and some others have become memorable and feared names. Literally hundreds of different names had to be thought up and chosen, so the names covered a wide variety of subjects. On rare occasions, such as that of the Fulcrum and Bear, NATO codenames were found flattering (or at least appropriate) and ended up being used as popular names within Russia."

HTH

Pete