That's a Schnieder Remark Tredders.

Embraer Rabbit.

...plus Westland Rover


...and the Airbus Driver

East Sussex...Fairey Battle

Of course the uk named a lot of us aircraft.. Dakota, Mustang, Corsair, Catalina.....

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

Brillant flyers, attractive, often undetectable, with magical gifts - what's not to like?? ;););)

Ah, that famous academic, Bulldog ... :O

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.

But anyone that flew in it, or worked on it, called something else!:E

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?

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!".

I believe that was because there had been a previous Supermarine prototype of the same name, which had been a complete dog.

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I believe Voyager was originally proposed. Not only did it fit with the alliterative pattern but the NASA Voyager project had begun in 1961 so it was a nice harmonisation.

I believe Voyager was originally proposed. Not only did it fit with the alliterative pattern but the NASA Voyager project had begun in 1961 so it was a nice harmonisation.

Maybe someone realised that no one would ever come up wth a better name than the Vickers Funbus?