Talk:Northrop A-17

Operators
Was the type really used by all those countries? - Aerobird 02:13, 6 January 2007 (UTC)
 * According to my sources the answer would be no. --Colputt 14:48, 23 September 2007 (UTC)

Proposed Merger
- BillCJ (talk) 03:42, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

I have two sources I can use to fix this article, but I also believe the YA-13 and XA-16 should be merged in as variants. Perhaps also the A-33, which I just noticed was also a variant. I must now go change my merge tag. I'll wait for a while to see if there is a consensus before I spend time fixing the article. --Colputt 14:48, 23 September 2007 (UTC)


 * According to the XA-16 page, the XA-13/16 and A-17 were developed concurrently. In addition, tho the A-33 page is very skimpy (I've seen more info in print, so I thik it's expandable), it is generally covered separately fronm the A-17, and is under the Douglas nameplate. I'd keep the A-17 and A-33 separate, but combine the XA-13 and 16 (probably under the -13 name, since it came first, and the -16 is merely an engine change). - BillCJ 16:16, 23 September 2007 (UTC)


 * I don't know much about the series, but if they were related then a merger with redirects would be appropriate. Idsnowdog 16:18, 23 September 2007 (UTC)


 * I Feel that this merger would be a great improvement for our standards and would be a greats success for us. Appropriate redirects will be needed. Sam Jones 14:24, 19th October 2007 (GMT)


 * I would think that the A-13 &A-16 (which are the same airframe with a different engine) could be merged into one article, with the A-17 and the A-33 (which was effectively a A-17A with a more powerful engine, and wasn't very different to any other export Model 8) could also be merged into a single article - probaly the A-17 one as it is more extensive.Nigel Ish (talk) 23:09, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

The Netherlands tagging
The section on the Netherlands includes the statement "In his 1975 book on Dutch aviation history Vermetele vliegende Hollanders ("Daring Flying Dutchmen"), Dutch aviation historian and illustrator Thijs Postma incorrectly lists these aircraft as Douglas 8A." - If the book does say this, then it would NOT be incorrect - by the time that The Netherlands ordered its Model 8A-3Ns, Northrop Corporation had become the El Segundo division of Douglas Aircraft, and to quote René Francillon in page 217 of McDonnell Douglas Aircraft since 1920 "...and, consequently, were known as Douglas 8As."Nigel Ish (talk) 17:15, 1 June 2013 (UTC)

See also section
I removed Lick Observatory from the list. Thank you. Malerooster (talk) 16:33, 17 April 2023 (UTC)

I also see that Douglas A-33 is linked in the article and repeated in this section against MOS, any reason for that? Thank you, --Malerooster (talk) 16:38, 17 April 2023 (UTC)


 * An A-17 crashed into the observatory in 1939. I'm not sure why it wasn't mentioned in this article at all, but it ought be in the body somewhere. I'll see if I can add something there instead, but leave it in the See also section for now. The A-33 is a related, but different, aircraft, so it can be removed there. BilCat (talk) 23:25, 17 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Very good, thank you, --Malerooster (talk) 12:29, 20 April 2023 (UTC)