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widgeon
19th Jan 2003, 18:48
Some discussions in the past concerning the S designations used by Sikorsky , what will next design be ? Will they start at 100 or 001 . Enquiring minds need to know.
Lu Zuckerman
19th Jan 2003, 22:01
They may do what other firms do and use the identifiers of previous models but upgrade the designator. Perhaps the next model will be the S-51Mk II or perhaps the S-58-T Bird. One company that did just this is Agusta. Many years ago they developed a helicopter that looked like a super puma but bigger. The designator for that helicopter was the Agusta 101.
:D
talkturn
21st Jan 2003, 09:05
I always thought that the 'S' designators came from the year of development i.e. S76 and recently S92
Ascend Charlie
21st Jan 2003, 21:01
So does that mean that the second helicopter they start on next year will be the H2 SO4?:confused:
widgeon
22nd Jan 2003, 01:39
they were gonna call it the H2SO2 but someone said the name stank.
ShyTorque
28th Jan 2003, 16:42
How about
S(ikorsky) H(elicopter) (200)1 T(win)?
Only joking :D
Lu Zuckerman
28th Jan 2003, 16:58
I believe the S-76 designation comes from the celebration of the 200th anniversary of the Declaration Of Independence, which was written in 1776. The helicopter was dubbed the Spirit in honor of the Spirit of 1776.
:cool:
ppheli
28th Jan 2003, 19:57
Lu, 1776 to the English is "modern history". When the Brits talk "heritage", they're talking in terms of many hundreds of years earlier, which is presumably why so many American tourists go east in search of proper heritage... ;-) ;-)
And the marketing geezers at Sikorsky dropped the "Spirit" name only a few years later. Any idea why?
Nick Lappos
29th Jan 2003, 01:36
ppheli,
When Brits talk "heritage" they talk of the past, when Yanks talk "heritage" they speak of the future....
Nick
Now if that isn't a troll, I don't know what is!
Straight Up
29th Jan 2003, 02:58
when Yanks talk "heritage" they speak of the future
The Yanks need a dictionary then......
(I can recommend Dictionary.com (http://www.dictionary.com) )
GLSNightPilot
29th Jan 2003, 06:35
Ppheli, the Brits use heritage to mean so many more centuries out of necessity - they've accomplished so little, it takes many more centuries of searching to discover any of it.
:p :D
Nick Lappos
31st Jan 2003, 01:58
Straight up,
One can use heritage in the past tense, as in "I am reading all about the heritage my fathers made." or in the future tense, as in, "I am building a heritage for my sons."