Talk:Budd RB Conestoga

Designation
This really should be titled RB-1 Conestoga because the Army bailed out of the contract before Budd delievered any aircraft.Phyllis1753 18:22, 23 September 2006 (UTC)

ThanksPhyllis1753 22:56, 3 April 2007 (UTC)


 * Actually, I take exception to your "RB-1" designation. I have not been able to find any original USN source material on the RB, but given the standing USN rules of aircraft nomenclature prior to the McNamara Defense Department, the "-1" would not be applied unless there were more developments of the basic design. USN aircraft designators (and, to some extent, 1930s USAAC designators also) confuse the vast majority of people in that way.  Grumman's first Navy fighter is another example; the original design was simply the "FF" until a second development was laid down, which would then become the FF-2, but the FF would still just be the "FF" (USAAC designators with this same reasoning were the original P-40 and the original Air Corp P-51...there were actually airplanes produced that were just "P-40" and just "P-51" because no subsequent types existed yet).  USN aircraft designators of that period (pre-1960s) are VERY CORRECTLY stated with just the letters with no numbers.  There was only ONE model of the original McDonnell Phantom produced, so it would very correctly be referred to as the "FH".  The F4U is an example that adds fuel to the confusion fire, because the basic design was altered so many times in development, the "F4U-1" was the first production example to go to the fleet. Adding a "dash" number, especially a "dash 1", to the designator, however, is often an incorrect redundancy. 98.244.146.174 (talk) 17:21, 4 May 2022 (UTC)

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