Independently Published
Plane Language: The Alternative Dictionary of Aviation
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- John Horton
- Independently Published
- Paperback
- 9798873963249
- 9 X 6 X 0.94 inches
- 1.36 pounds
- Transportation > Aviation - General
- English
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What was the Rutland Reindeer, the Mayfield Kestrel, or the Ridgefield Prometheus? Why did the UK and France bicker over the spelling of Concorde? What did the Spitfire's designer think to the name, and what did Harrier pilots really call their aircraft (it certainly wasn't Jump Jet) This book will answer all these questions and many, many more. Parts Three & Four describe the formal aircraft naming protocols in the US and Great Britain; do you know, for example, why manufacturers had to resort to such curious names as Boulton & Paul Bobolink and English Electric Eclectic? Parts Three & Four are an exhaustive study of Western reporting names of Japanese WWII aircraft and Russian/Chinese aircraft of the Cold War era; how did one of the best WWII fighters come to be called Zero by both sides, and what is a Fishcan, Faithless or Madcap? Plane Language is both informative and entertaining, a book that you will delve into over and over again. (Contains mildly offensive language)
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