Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!clyde.concordia.ca!mcgill-vision!snorkelwacker!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!att!cbnews!military From: fiddler@concertina.Eng.Sun.COM (Steve Hix) Newsgroups: sci.military Subject: Re: USAF F- Planes Message-ID: <1990Aug7.040901.6955@cbnews.att.com> Date: 7 Aug 90 04:09:01 GMT References: <1990Jul31.023112.20171@cbnews.att.com> Sender: military@cbnews.att.com (William B. Thacker) Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories Lines: 33 Approved: military@att.att.com From: fiddler@concertina.Eng.Sun.COM (Steve Hix) > From: John J. Lang > > Here is what i've been able to assemble to try and complete the USAF F- series > > listing. > > > Grumman F-6F Hellcat > > Vought F-8F Bearcat > > Grumman F-9F Panther > > Grumman F-14D Tomcat > > MD F-18 Hornet > > I don't know if this concerns you, but the Hellcat, Bearcat, etc. are > Navy Planes. If you want to list all US planes (Air Force or otherwise) > you should also include the F-4U Wildcat. Which one? The Grumman F4F Wildcat or Chance-Vought F4U Corsair? (To make things even more confusing, the Navy had different numbers for identical aircraft made by different subcontractors. Like F4F Wildcat from Grumman and FM2 for the same aircraft made by General Motors. Hmmm. It's even worse, since they didn't follow the convention all the time.) We'll ignore the Wilcats flown by the Royal Navy (Martlets?), since they just muddy up the water. ------------ The only drawback with morning is that it comes at such an inconvenient time of day. ------------