Recycling Names
I was at a dinner last night and the (less than well informed) chap a couple of places down was singing the praises of the Typhoon - this isn't the uninformed bit. He then went on to say:
"And of course the Typhoon is the only military aircraft to re-use an historic name" "Rubbish" sez I, and off the top of my head - and with wine taken - immediately came up with the following: Lightning Bulldog Whirlwind Tutor Hawk? Dominie Even restricting it to British military - which was the context - there must be more. All contributions gratefully received ........ |
Manchester
Andover Venom Vampire Globemaster (now up to 3) Corsair Mirage (made by Dassault but all different, sharing only a delta planfrom [where does that leave the F1?]) B26 (causes confusion still between the Martin and Douglas designs) |
Can`t find a military "Hawk" - but not to say there wasn`t one... (There was the Miles Hawk of course and the Nieuport Nighthawk)
Westland built a Wessex Airliner in the 30's and used by the RAF as a navigation trainer http://aviationancestry.com/Aircraft...sex-1933-2.jpg I was hoping to add Vulcan to the list, but as far as I can make out the Vickers Vulcan (mid 20's) never saw military service ..... |
Curtis Hawk. HERE
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Just U.K. Military use:
Nimrod.... Then with types that didn't quite make it in one case : Tornado .....Hornet ..... Sea King....Firefly..Swift..Scimitar..Seagull...Harrier..Heron.. .Osprey...Oxford...Gazelle...Griffin...Wasp.... Some have been used three times e.g. Bulldog.....Firefly..... |
Texan and Thunderbolt have been used twice by the US military.
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COMET both the fastest of their time
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More wings but fewer engines...
Same manufacturer, same name: Armstrong Whitworth Argosy.
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Often wondered, Bristol Beaufighter, why? Did they think it and the Beaufort beautiful?:confused:
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Beaufighter was a contraction of Beaufort Fighter I thought.
One squadron had all of theirs named after famous characters; Beau Geste, Beau Brummel etc.. , including my favourite.......... "Little Beau Peep" |
I do believe Tornado has been used before, for a Hawker product circa early 1940's precursor of the Tempest and Typhoon. Don't think it entered service.
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One squadron had all of theirs named after famous characters; Beau Geste, Beau Brummel etc.. , |
What about the TSR2 ? Wasn't the original TSR2 the Fairey Swordfish ?
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Many thanks to all, now I can bore accurately at dinners!!
As an aside on Bristols, the Bristol Car Company - which began as an offshoot of the aircraft company - discovered a few years ago that they still held copyright on all the names .... ..... and produced (very expensive) four-wheeled Brigand and Beaufighter models. |
"And of course the Typhoon is the only military aircraft to re-use an historic name" Iroquois Lakota Black Hawk et al. All pretty historic names reused, but for a very different reason. (And yes, I know that's not exactly what he meant):hmm: Magister ... Miles and Fouga JAS |
The Westland Widgeon, fixed-wing of the 1920s.
The Westland Widgeon, rotary-wing of the 1950s. The Grumman Widgeon, amphibian of the early 1940s. |
Globemaster I, II, III
Electra, Electra Junior, Super Electra (all twins) Electra (L-188) Orion And a couple dozen Moths |
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