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Old 27th Jan 2016, 21:39
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As an aside, why do they Americans name there cars but number their aircraft, and the Brits the opposite?

The Americans have the Corvette, the Stingray etc. But the Brits the DB5, the TR6/7 etc.

but the Americans have the F4, F15/16/18 etc, whilst the Brits have the Tornado, Typhoon, Jaguar etc?

Accepted the American aircraft have name nicknames, but the Brit aircraft only have sobriquets to differentiate upgrades.
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