given the Brits record of naming their aircraft names that would
encite fear to their enemy (Fruitbat) I naturally thought this was
another british airplane. It would have also helped if I had my
reading glasses on that the time I searched.
But I would not put it past them to consider the name in any
case.......
Craig
The many British manufacturers that survived into the '20's and '30's
produced a lot of prototypes and short production run aircraft and more
or less ran out of names, particularly because they usually had a "house
style" e.g. alliterative, bird or animal names, etc. Some of the more
curious, clipped from Wikipedia, are listed below - Blackburn are an
easy target, Avro seem to have taken more care.
Blackburn Sidecar
Alula Semiquaver
Blackburn Pellet
Blackburn Cubaroo
Blackburn Airedale
Blackburn Sprat
Blackburn Turcock
Supermarine Sea Urchin
Supermarine Seagull
Supermarine Sheldrake
(Shrew was the name considered - briefly - for the aircraft that became
the Spitfire)
Bristol Babe
Bristol Tramp
Bristol Brownie
Armstrong Whitworth Ape
Hawker Hedgehog
Hawker Hoopoe
HP Handcross
HP Hamlet
HP Gugnunc
Avro Spider
As for the Farley Fruitbat - - - well, look up "Straight and Level" :-)
A few years ago the IPMS 'Whatif' SIG did a display based on the premise
that England became the centre of world aircraft design after WW2..
Gave rise to such delights as the Curtiss Cleckheaton..
s'allright, you got the right line and made it work. my memory is so messed up
i can remember watching murrow bitch slapping ike but i can't find my ass with
both hands and a rearview mirror. and whhere'd i leave that seeing eye
shiatsu?
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