Was The Grumman "Bearcat" Flown Off Carriers?

How about a GU11?

Jack
"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote in message
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"Ogden Johnson III" wrote in message
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The USAAF/USAF system didn't permit any fun aircraft, like B1RDs.


The Navy system didn't allow a B1RD.

"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote:

"Ogden Johnson III" wrote

The USAAF/USAF system didn't permit any fun aircraft, like B1RDs.

The Navy system didn't allow a B1RD.

Unlike the Air Farce, the USN/USMC are military services, and
have a sense of humor; so they never let inconsequential
technicalities stand in the way of a joke.
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"Jack G" wrote in message
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How about a GU11?


Nope. What type aircraft would the letters GU designate? Where's the
manufacturer's letter?

"Ogden Johnson III" wrote in message
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Unlike the Air Farce, the USN/USMC are military services, and
have a sense of humor; so they never let inconsequential
technicalities stand in the way of a joke.


I guess the USAF types must just have a more sophisticated sense of humor.

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"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote:

"Ogden Johnson III" wrote in message
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The USAAF/USAF system didn't permit any fun aircraft, like B1RDs.


The Navy system didn't allow a B1RD.



Ah, but it DID allow R4Q and R4Q2

Steven P. McNicoll wrote:
"Jack G" wrote in message
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How about a GU11?


Nope. What type aircraft would the letters GU designate?

It's a special type used to deliver letters to the mail buoy. Its presence
has been known to attract seabats, which the crews capture and take aboard
ships as pets.





Or in the immortal words of Foghorn Leghorn, "That's a joke, son."

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Ah, but it DID allow R4Q and R4Q2


No, but it could have allowed R4Q-2, if a manufacturer had been assigned the
letter Q.

"Thomas Schoene" wrote in message
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Or in the immortal words of Foghorn Leghorn, "That's a joke, son."


See my previous post about sophisticated humor. If you have to say it's a
joke, it ain't.

Steven P. McNicoll wrote:
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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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Q was assigned to:

Bristol
Fairchild
Stinson
Chas. Ward Hall Inc.

The R4Q-1 and R4Q-2 were the Marine version of the Fairchild C-119 Packet -
AKA Flying Boxcar.

Jack

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Ah, but it DID allow R4Q and R4Q2


No, but it could have allowed R4Q-2, if a manufacturer had been assigned
the
letter Q.