"Corky Scott" wrote in message
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[...] You
mistakenly thought he'd said that the Beech 18 was smaller. The "BB"
in Dave's sentence means "Bamboo Bomber" not Beech 18.

You are right that I miswrote my reply. However, the point remains the
same, regardless of which plane was being described as smaller. His
response was noninformative except to people who already knew the
information he conveyed.