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April 24th 07, 12:15 AM
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Planes named after birds
On Apr 23, 1:25 pm, wrote:
Hello All, Are there any planes named after birds? Thanks in advance. AV-8B Harrier, in addition to all the others that have already been named. 
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April 24th 07, 02:02 AM
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Planes named after birds
On Apr 23, 1:25 pm, wrote:
Hello All, Are there any planes named after birds? A better question would be "Is there a bird that doesn't have an airplane named after it?" -- Geoff The Sea Hawk at Wow Way d0t Com remove spaces and make the obvious substitutions to reply by mail When immigration is outlawed, only outlaws will immigrate.
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April 24th 07, 02:09 AM
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Planes named after birds
"Capt. Geoffrey Thorpe" The Sea Hawk at wow way d0t com wrote A better question would be "Is there a bird that doesn't have an airplane named after it?" Ostrich Bruce
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April 24th 07, 02:32 AM
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Planes named after birds
"BDS" wrote in message
... "Capt. Geoffrey Thorpe" The Sea Hawk at wow way d0t com wrote A better question would be "Is there a bird that doesn't have an airplane named after it?" Ostrich Bruce Not "full scale" but... http://web.umr.edu/~aavg/projects.html#2006 -- Geoff The Sea Hawk at Wow Way d0t Com remove spaces and make the obvious substitutions to reply by mail When immigration is outlawed, only outlaws will immigrate.
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#5
April 24th 07, 02:35 AM
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Planes named after birds
"Capt. Geoffrey Thorpe" The Sea Hawk at wow way d0t com wrote Not "full scale" but... http://web.umr.edu/~aavg/projects.html#2006 OK, so much for that guess! I stand corrected. BDS
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April 24th 07, 02:16 AM
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Planes named after birds
A better question would be "Is there a bird that doesn't have an airplane
named after it?" Dodo. -- Get high on gasoline: fly an airplane. for Email, make the obvious change in the address.
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#7
April 24th 07, 02:44 AM
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Planes named after birds
"Jose" wrote in message t... A better question would be "Is there a bird that doesn't have an airplane named after it?" Dodo. -- "Ostrich" and "Dodo"...........probably not a very good marketing move for a manufacurer to name their airplanes after flightless birds.
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April 24th 07, 04:01 AM
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Planes named after birds
"muff528" wrote "Ostrich" and "Dodo"...........probably not a very good marketing move for a manufacurer to name their airplanes after flightless birds. Oh, I don't know; Gooney Bird did alright for itself! -- Jim in NC
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April 24th 07, 04:09 AM
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Planes named after birds
"Morgans" wrote in message ... "muff528" wrote "Ostrich" and "Dodo"...........probably not a very good marketing move for a manufacurer to name their airplanes after flightless birds. Oh, I don't know; Gooney Bird did alright for itself! -- Jim in NC I thought a gooney bird was an albatross!?!
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#10
April 24th 07, 05:04 AM
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Planes named after birds
On Tue, 24 Apr 2007 03:09:55 GMT, "muff528"
wrote: "Morgans" wrote in message ... "muff528" wrote "Ostrich" and "Dodo"...........probably not a very good marketing move for a manufacurer to name their airplanes after flightless birds. Oh, I don't know; Gooney Bird did alright for itself! -- Jim in NC I thought a gooney bird was an albatross!?! Some albarross landings have been featured in Disney nature films. But the one we seem to be skating around is the Booby. Don
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