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Aircraft type designations - hyphenated

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Re: Aircraft type designations - hyphenated

Post by Vulcanone » Thu Jan 11, 2018 9:32 pm

You frankly know all is lost when the US Armed Forces cannot even get them right sometimes these days.... As for the regular media Don't ask!!
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Re: Aircraft type designations - hyphenated

Post by ST24 » Thu Jan 11, 2018 9:57 pm

The hyphen is necessary as it denotes the complete overhaul in U.S. aircraft designations with the 1962 tri-service designation system. After all, only an F-4 is a Phantom, an F4 can be a Wildcat, Curtiss and Boeing biplane fighters, Corsair or Skyray.... :D
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Re: Aircraft type designations - hyphenated

Post by GreenBat » Thu Jan 11, 2018 10:24 pm

Vulcanone wrote:You frankly know all is lost when the US Armed Forces cannot even get them right sometimes these days.... As for the regular media Don't ask!!
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Re: Aircraft type designations - hyphenated

Post by ColintheCaterpillar » Fri Jan 12, 2018 12:33 pm

I'll throw one in.

DC10
VC10

One of the above is correct. :D
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Re: Aircraft type designations - hyphenated

Post by Nighthawke » Fri Jan 12, 2018 1:04 pm

Douglas DC and McDonnell Douglas MD series are all hyphenated so DC-10, MD-11 etc. I have seen both VC10 and VC.10 but the former seems to be the accepted one.

There are some who refer to the KC-10 as a DC-10 which, as a military version would make it a drone director rather than a tanker! DC- is the civil airliner designation.
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Re: Aircraft type designations - hyphenated

Post by POL » Fri Jan 12, 2018 1:18 pm

Ah, but what about a KDC-10?! :lol:
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Re: Aircraft type designations - hyphenated

Post by Nighthawke » Fri Jan 12, 2018 4:11 pm

Ahh yes D for Dutch :P
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Re: Aircraft type designations - hyphenated

Post by plmc135 » Fri Jan 12, 2018 6:25 pm

No this aircraft was built as a standard DC-10 and the K was added at the beginning to show it had been converted into a tanker. Nothing to do with D for Dutch
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Re: Aircraft type designations - hyphenated

Post by Nighthawke » Fri Jan 12, 2018 7:10 pm

Er no I know - hence the smiley. It was not meant as a serious comment.
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Re: Aircraft type designations - hyphenated

Post by Skymaster » Fri Jan 12, 2018 7:17 pm

ICAO code for a KC-10 is DC10...

... just saying. :halo:
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Re: Aircraft type designations - hyphenated

Post by paddyboy » Sat Jan 13, 2018 4:36 pm

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Re: Aircraft type designations - hyphenated

Post by grumpy616 » Mon Jan 15, 2018 6:52 am

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Surrey Sam
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Re: Aircraft type designations - hyphenated

Post by Surrey Sam » Sun Jan 21, 2018 10:16 am

If these things bug you, then why do Growlers loose the / in their 'type' designation?
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Re: Aircraft type designations - hyphenated

Post by POL » Sun Jan 21, 2018 10:20 am

EA-18Gs, do you mean? They don't have a slash as they're single role; electronic warfare attack aircraft.

F/A-18A through to F, however, are multirole so have a slash. Granted not sure why!
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Surrey Sam
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Re: Aircraft type designations - hyphenated

Post by Surrey Sam » Sun Jan 21, 2018 10:36 am

Yes it was EA-18G I was referring to.

Interesting, I hadn't thought of the slash as being linked to multi-role. Even though a EA-18G has a strike configuration and capability.
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