RAF gives names to aircraft...sometimes?
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Ah, that famous academic, Bulldog ...
When in 1952 the Air Council was considering names for the RAF's new transport, suggestions received included Bison, Bullock, Bulawayo, Boxcar, Buffalo, Leviathan, Mammoth, Yak and - my favourite - Holdall! They eventually decided to use the Manufacturer's suggestion, and it became the Beverley.
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According to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxford_University_Police "The Oxford University Police, or Oxford University Constables were popularly known as Bulldogs". Presumably someone at Beagle was an Oxford graduate and made the connection.
When in 1952 the Air Council was considering names for the RAF's new transport, suggestions received included Bison, Bullock, Bulawayo, Boxcar, Buffalo, Leviathan, Mammoth, Yak and - my favourite - Holdall! They eventually decided to use the Manufacturer's suggestion, and it became the Beverley.
When in 1952 the Air Council was considering names for the RAF's new transport, suggestions received included Bison, Bullock, Bulawayo, Boxcar, Buffalo, Leviathan, Mammoth, Yak and - my favourite - Holdall! They eventually decided to use the Manufacturer's suggestion, and it became the Beverley.
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?
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?
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There was a story that when a certain R.J.Mitchell was told that the Air Ministry
proposed to call his new design "Spitfire", he remarked:
"That is the sort of silly bloody name they would give it!".
proposed to call his new design "Spitfire", he remarked:
"That is the sort of silly bloody name they would give it!".
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Originally Posted by El Bunto
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Originally Posted by pr00ne 
VC10 never had a name.
VC10 never had a name.Maybe someone realised that no one would ever come up wth a better name than the Vickers Funbus?
