Steven P. McNicoll wrote:
"Thomas Schoene" wrote in message
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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!?!)


Ah, but they're not the same plane! The F4U was, of course, the
Vought Corsair, and the FG was a Corsair built by Goodyear. But the
F3B was a Boeing biplane fighter of the late twenties. The
Brewster-built Corsair was the F3A.

Hmm, I think we just proved our collective point. :-)



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