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From: jeb@kitc.UUCP (Jim Beckman)
Newsgroups: net.aviation
Subject: How many - answers
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Date: Tue, 17-Sep-85 09:24:35 EDT
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Posted: Tue Sep 17 09:24:35 1985
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Organization: AT&T-IS Labs, So. Plainfield NJ
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The question was: what aircraft has been produced in the greatest
numbers?  I thought I could get ahold of a copy of Jane's to get
the exact figures, but I haven't been able to.  These numbers
come from several different books.  If I get a chance, I will
update with better numbers.

My guess was wrong, the Consolidated B-24 Liberator.  WWII military
figures:

    B-17       12,731
    B-24       18,482
    Spitfire   20,000+

There seems to be some agreement that around 26-27 thousand
Cessna 172s have been built.

The winner:  Messerschmidt bf-109, all models, in excess of 30,000.

Jim Beckman   AT&T-ISL, South Plainfield, NJ


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