Originally Posted by pax britanica
Fairey has to be the most unsuitable name for a military aircraft manufacturer whatever name you tag on the end of it. Supermarine and Hawker much more macho
Only if you are a macho dinosaur!! (and have a problem with your own masculinity)
VC10 never had a name.
Someone mentioned (years ago) that the original 32 Sqn HS125 Srs 1's were civilian aircraft leased from Hawker Siddeley and that was why they weren't Dominies. They were an outright purchase, and right throughout their career they, and all the subsequent purchases, were known as 125's.
With so few aircfat going through Boscombe Down these days what is happening to the old mark number sequence? Grob Tutor T1 but not Boeing Globemaster C1?