Talk:Curtiss XBTC

Models 96 and 98
According to the source given in the text, Encyclopedia of World Aircraft, the Model 96 was the XBTC-1 and XBTC-2, while the Model 98 was the XBT2C-1. THerefore I willl be updating the arcitle accordingly later today, allowing time for the creator to respond, and moving the page to Curtiss XBTC. I'll also add the XBT2C to the title line of the infobox (when I add it), and the Lead sentence, and make other formatting additions and changes to bring it in line with WP:AIR guidelines at that time. - BillCJ (talk) 22:47, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

In sentence two of Design and Development section I changed "Douglas XBT2D-1 Destroyer" to "XBTD-1." The Destroyer predates the 1943 competition, having started in 1943 as XSB2D--Scout Bomber to replace the Dauntless--and later in 1943/44 was redesigned by Douglas as a single-seat competitor to the XBTC (Curtiss), XBTK (Kaiser Fleetwings), and XBTM (Martin). Consistent with these others, the Destroyer's new designation was XBTD. Because it was not designed specifically to the Navy's 1943 BT specification as were the others, Douglas was uncertain of the XBTD-1's prospects. In June-July 1944 Douglas showed the Navy designs for the XBT2D--the aircraft that eventually was known as the Skyraider. The Navy agreed with Douglas' proposal to halt development of the XBTD Destroyer in favor of the XBT2D Skyraider. So: the Douglas Destroyer was XBTD-1 before cancellation. The Skyraider was XBT2D-1. For this reason I changed the designation in sentence four as well, from XBTD-1 to XBT2D-1.Sonofmartha (talk) 02:37, 21 May 2009 (UTC)