Steven P. McNicoll wrote:

"Chad Irby" wrote in message
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For another example, look at the world-famous RS-71.

Oops, Lyndon Johnson called it the "SR-71."

Change the name...

It wasn't LBJ's fault - see

http://www.designation-systems.net/u...html#_MDS_SR71


Of course, RS-71 wouldn't have fit any better into the designation system.

Technically, it would. The "RS" prefix was explicitly allowed as a "special"
designation in the regulation of 1962.

Andreas