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Model Forum / General / Models / July 2006United States' "Early" type numbers?
Okay... I _KNOW_ this stuff backwards and forwards, but in the last week or so I'm drawing a freaking blank... _WHAT_ are the type listed inthe 'early' numbers of the post 62 listings for fighters? F-1 = ??? F-2 = F2Y1 Seadart F-3 = F3D Skyknight F-4 = F4H-1/F-110 Phantom II F-5 = F-5 Freedom Fighter F-6 = F4D Skyray F-7 = F7U Cutlass??? F-8 = F8U Crusader F-9 = ??? F-10 = ??? F-11 = ??? F-12 = YF-12 F-13 = ??? Any and all help appreciated. I'm going nutz not being able to find this stuff out onthe web. I __K_N_O_W__ I had it bookmarked a while back... -andy >...I had it bookmarked a while back... <http://www.designation-systems.net/usmilav/1962redesignations.html>  SignatureAl Superczynski, MFE, IPMS/USA #3795, continuous since 1968 My "From" address is munged - use 'modeleral (at) swbell (dot) net' to respond via email. Check out my want lists and eBay listings at "Al's Place": http://home.swbell.net/arfunguy/index.html "Build what YOU like, the way YOU want to, and the critics will flame you every time." Love these fill in the blanks questions...they're easy: F-1 North American Fury F-7 Convair Sea Dart F-9 Grumman Cougar F-10 Douglas Skyknight F-11 Grumman Tiger F-13 Not used Reference: U.S. Military Aircraft Designations and Serials since 1962, Midland Counties Publications So the Sea Dart was designated twice? > Love these fill in the blanks questions...they're > easy: [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > and Serials since 1962, Midland Counties > Publications > So the Sea Dart was designated twice? Like New York? ;-) SignatureEnzo I wear the cheese. It does not wear me. > So the Sea Dart was designated twice? Once. The F-2 was the former F2H Banshee while the Seadart received the F-7 designation (actually, YF-7A - there never was a F-7) Cheers and all, Nah, the F-2 was the McDonnell F2H. Bill Banaszak, MFE Sr. > Okay... > I _KNOW_ this stuff backwards and forwards, but in the last > week or so I'm drawing a freaking blank... _WHAT_ are the > type listed inthe 'early' numbers of the post 62 listings for > fighters? > F-1 = ??? North American FJ "Fury" > F-2 = F2Y1 Seadart Actually, McDonnell F2H "Banshee" > F-3 = F3D Skyknight Actually McDonnell F3H "Demon" > F-4 = F4H-1/F-110 Phantom II > F-5 = F-5 Freedom Fighter > F-6 = F4D Skyray > F-7 = F7U Cutlass??? The F-7 was the redesignation for the F2Y "Seadart". The F7U was no longer in service at the time of the 1962 redesignation and thus never received a new series number. > F-8 = F8U Crusader > F-9 = ??? Grumman F9F "Cougar" > F-10 = ??? Douglas F3D "Sky Knight" > F-11 = ??? Grumman F11F "Tiger" > F-12 = YF-12 > F-13 = ??? F-13 was never used - supersition perhaps? Cheers and all, >> F-10 = ??? > > Douglas F3D "Sky Knight" Is it a "Sky Knight", a "Skyknight" or a "Skynight"? I have seen all three! SignatureEnzo I wear the cheese. It does not wear me. >>>F-10 = ??? >>Douglas F3D "Sky Knight" > Is it a "Sky Knight", a "Skyknight" or a "Skynight"? I have seen all three! I believe "Skyknight" (one word) is the officially correct designation. "Sky Knight" was sloppiness on my part. "Skynight" is clearly incorrect. Cheers, That's what's more ironic (or moronic), the Sea Dart wasn't in service, (was it even flying in '62?). Was the Banshee still in service in '62? The F-7 was the redesignation for the F2Y "Seadart". The F7U was no longer in service at the time of the 1962 redesignation and thus never received a new series number. > > Okay... > [quoted text clipped - 43 lines] > > Cheers and all, I'd guess that some F2H-3s and -4s were in the Naval Reserve just as the F11Fs were which allowed them to become the F-11As Bill Banaszak, MFE Sr. > That's what's more ironic (or moronic), the Sea Dart wasn't in > service, (was it even flying in '62?). No. It's something of a mystery as to why the Sea Dart received the new redesignation. Either someone thought the project might be resurrected or some GS-7 clerk in the Defense Department just screwed up. > Was the Banshee still in service > in '62? No, but the last of the F2Hs had been retired from Navy Reserve service just the preceeding year and there were still quite a few in storage. I suppose there was some possibility that they might be returned to active (or at least reserve) service in a national emergency. -snip- Cheers, |
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