Cars and Planes, Same Names: Oppo Quarantine Activity [Afternoon Bump Edition]

"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn) 03/24/2020 at 17:09 • Filed to: None

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So, my Good Morning Oppo post this morning got me wondering. How many cars and planes share the same name? Here are a few, but surely there must be others. Car and plane need not be named after one or the other, just share the same name.

Post pics below! ( !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! already has a whole list, so you’d better hurry!)

We’ve had a lot of great submissions, but I’m sure there are more to be listed.

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Starfire:

Mustang:

Spitfire (h/t !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! ) :

Marauder:

Jim Spanfeller > ttyymmnn 03/24/2020 at 10:33

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Chevrolet Corvair Sebring Spyder XP-737:

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > ttyymmnn 03/24/2020 at 10:34

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Cessna 280

Nissan 280 Z

We could also do the 210 and 208.

ttyymmnn > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 03/24/2020 at 10:35

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Hah! Good one!

Aremmes > ttyymmnn 03/24/2020 at 10:36

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Avenger:

ttyymmnn > Aremmes 03/24/2020 at 10:38

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Yes! 

Aremmes > ttyymmnn 03/24/2020 at 10:39

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Eagle:

XJDano > ttyymmnn 03/24/2020 at 10:40

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So, there is a B-17G that is named Thunderbird.

.

And there are the Thunderbird flying team, but I think you are in spirit going for a model name production like the Ford Thunderbird.

Was there a thunderbird model?

I chose this car because it looks just like my second car around 1998

WilliamsSW > ttyymmnn 03/24/2020 at 10:40

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Mercury Comet

Buick Skyhawk

Pontiac Catalina

K-Roll-PorscheTamer > ttyymmnn 03/24/2020 at 10:41

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Grumman F6F Hellcat/Dodge Hellcat

Pat Pfeiffer > ttyymmnn 03/24/2020 at 10:41

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Do motorcycles count?

Future next gen S2000 owner > ttyymmnn 03/24/2020 at 10:42

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Phantom meet Phantom

Greatest plane ever - my inner child stills rules me today.

gmporschenut also a fan of hondas > ttyymmnn 03/24/2020 at 10:42

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Lightning

ttyymmnn > Aremmes 03/24/2020 at 10:45

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That’s actually a Strike Eagle. Judges?

We’ll allow it!

ranwhenparked > ttyymmnn 03/24/2020 at 10:45

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Bristol Brigand

gmporschenut also a fan of hondas > ttyymmnn 03/24/2020 at 10:45

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Ford (Canada)

user314 > Pat Pfeiffer 03/24/2020 at 10:45

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SR-71 always gets you in. 

ttyymmnn > WilliamsSW 03/24/2020 at 10:45

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Gotta post pics, brah!

ttyymmnn > Pat Pfeiffer 03/24/2020 at 10:46

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Cars, truck, motorcycles, scooters, whatever!

gmporschenut also a fan of hondas > ttyymmnn 03/24/2020 at 10:47

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Ventura

ttyymmnn > Future next gen S2000 owner 03/24/2020 at 10:48

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As somebody on Oppo quipped years ago, the Phantom is an aircraft that stays airborne through brute force over aerodynamics. The F-4 has always been one of my faves. And this is one of my favorite airshow shots, which I snapped at Fort Worth all the way back in 2012.

Wobbles the Mind > ttyymmnn 03/24/2020 at 10:49

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Grumman and Stutz share “ Bearcat.”

Rockwell and Mitsubishi have “ Lancer.”

ttyymmnn > ranwhenparked 03/24/2020 at 10:49

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Neither of which I had ever heard of. Thanks!

ttyymmnn > gmporschenut also a fan of hondas 03/24/2020 at 10:50

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A Gloster Meteor in anti flash white. Fascinating!

ttyymmnn > gmporschenut also a fan of hondas 03/24/2020 at 10:51

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From the vault....

https://oppositelock.kinja.com/oppositelock-movie-corner-963843951

Aremmes > ttyymmnn 03/24/2020 at 10:51

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Viper:

Or maybe that last one i s a Falcon? Well then.

XJDano > gmporschenut also a fan of hondas 03/24/2020 at 10:51

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Just for shots I looked up Lightning’s for sale and there was one for $12k+. So I guess I won’t be getting one of those. 

ttyymmnn > Wobbles the Mind 03/24/2020 at 10:53

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Bearcat: greatest piston fighter ever? Also, this:

https://oppositelock.kinja.com/beetle-bomb-the-yellow-blue-angel-1828064489

ttyymmnn > Aremmes 03/24/2020 at 10:54

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I’ll accept both!

TheJWT > ttyymmnn 03/24/2020 at 10:56

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Harrier-

Darkbrador > ttyymmnn 03/24/2020 at 10:58

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A tricky one : 

Ford Orion

Lockheed Orion

ttyymmnn > TheJWT 03/24/2020 at 10:58

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Huh. Never heard of that. The car, that is.

TheJWT > ttyymmnn 03/24/2020 at 10:59

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It’s just a Japanese-market L exus RX. I only know of it because the Harrier was my favorite plane as a kid

ttyymmnn > Darkbrador 03/24/2020 at 11:02

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Well played!

ttyymmnn > TheJWT 03/24/2020 at 11:04

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Back in the mid-80s, I spent a summer working the lot at a Chevy dealership. I had a great epiphany when I went to get a new hubcap for one of our Chevy Spectrums and it came in an Isuzu box. 

Pickup_man > ttyymmnn 03/24/2020 at 11:05

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Fictional car but close enough? It looks like a couple real life ones have been built, but never an officially made car. 

Warthog

ttyymmnn > ttyymmnn 03/24/2020 at 11:07

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Skyhawk:

ttyymmnn > ttyymmnn 03/24/2020 at 11:28

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Cutlass:

WasGTIthenGTOthenNOVAnowbacktoGTI > gmporschenut also a fan of hondas 03/24/2020 at 11:29

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Ace

Darkbrador > ttyymmnn 03/24/2020 at 11:30

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Mitsubishi Mirage

Dassault Mirage

ttyymmnn > Darkbrador 03/24/2020 at 11:32

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Good one!

WilliamsSW > ttyymmnn 03/24/2020 at 11:34

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Fun fact - the black car is a 1960 Comet.  It’s not a Mercury, it’s just a Comet.  

user314 > ttyymmnn 03/24/2020 at 11:37

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Dodge Dakota (C-47)

Buick Wildcat (F4F)

Ford Thunderbolt (P47)

Mercury Marauder (B26)

Plymouth Barracuda (Fairey Barracuda)

Chevy Vega (Lockheed UC-101 Vega)

Triumph Hurricane (Hawker Hurricane)

Dodge Hellcat (Grumman F6F)

Jowett Javelin (Gloster Javelin)

Bristol Blenheim 603S4 (Bristol Blenheim aircraft)

Bristol Britannia car (Bristol Britannia aircraft)

Bristol Brigand car (Bristol Brigand aircraft)

Holden Torana car (GA-6 Torana aircraft)

There don’t appear to be any images of the GA-6, it might, in fact, not exist. Here’s the GT-1 Trainer it is supposedly based on:

Ford (Canada) Meteor (Gloster Meteor)

Ford (UK) Corsair (Vought F4U)

Olds Cutlass (Vought F7U)

ttyymmnn > user314 03/24/2020 at 11:43

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Some great pics there. Love the gutless Cutlass in Navy blue. 

user314 > Wobbles the Mind 03/24/2020 at 11:47

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Okay, Stutz Bearcat is new to me, but I’m kicking myself over forgetting both Lancers. My excuse is that no one uses the B-1's official nickname, calling it the Bone (B-One) instead. 

user314 > ttyymmnn 03/24/2020 at 11:48

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I miss when the Navy painted all their planes Insignia Blue....

user314 > Pickup_man 03/24/2020 at 11:50

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Looks more like a Puma...

ttyymmnn > user314 03/24/2020 at 11:58

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Took this way back in 2011, at a show at NAS JRB Fort Worth . It was the 100th anniversary of Naval aviation. Wish I had had better gear.

Also this, which is glorious.

I also have a pic of Galveston Gal from that show. 

user314 > ttyymmnn 03/24/2020 at 12:01

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The Prowler I’d seen before, but that F-18 is new, and dead sexy. 

ttyymmnn > user314 03/24/2020 at 12:09

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Pretty sure it was from VFC-111 “Sundowners. ” They had another painted blue, plus a couple of aggressor F/A-18s (looks like an A model?) and an F-5 aggressor.

ttyymmnn > user314 03/24/2020 at 12:18

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Don’t forget the Skylancer.

MiniGTI - now with XJ6 > ttyymmnn 03/24/2020 at 12:29

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Great post and comments, I like the Bristols. Also SAAB???? Too lazy to find pics and post. 

ttyymmnn > MiniGTI - now with XJ6 03/24/2020 at 12:31

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Also SAAB?

Only if you find a car called Tunnan, Lansen, Viggen, etc.

fintail > ttyymmnn 03/24/2020 at 12:57

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Not sure if this made it, too much scrolling.

Mitsubishi Zero:

Dome Zero:

ttyymmnn > fintail 03/24/2020 at 13:10

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That’s a new one! I didn’t realize the CAF had an original (except for the engine) Zero. 

gmporschenut also a fan of hondas > ttyymmnn 03/24/2020 at 14:08

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Wiki says march of 45 and it has the pre korea engines. I think just a coincidence on the color. .

Roundbadge > ttyymmnn 03/24/2020 at 14:23

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Since I haven’t gotten pics to post on kinja in months, I’m going to lob this one up for someone to grab:

Cessna and Chevy Citation.

ttyymmnn > Roundbadge 03/24/2020 at 14:29

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I got your back.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > ttyymmnn 03/24/2020 at 17:12

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Citation II even!

Snuze: Needs another Swede > ttyymmnn 03/24/2020 at 17:15

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Saab offered a Viggen trim on the 9-3x Aero. 

WilliamsSW > ttyymmnn 03/24/2020 at 17:23

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It’s funny how many GA airplanes share names with military aircraft mentioned in this post.

Cessna Cutlass

Piper Dakota

Cessna Skyhawk

More I’m forgetting

WilliamsSW > ttyymmnn 03/24/2020 at 17:29

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Can’t do pictures right now but:

Conquest - Cessna and Chrysler

Challenger - Dodge and Bombardier

Caravan - Cessna and Dodge

Centurion - Cessna and Buick

Saratoga - Chrysler and Piper

Skylark - Cessna and Buick

Aerostar - Piper and Ford

Clipper - Piper and Packard

Pacer - Piper, Edsel, AMC

Chieftain - Piper and Pontiac

Seneca - Piper and Dodge

Malibu- Piper and Chevy 

PowderHound > ttyymmnn 03/24/2020 at 17:31

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Here’s something I didn’t know existed: 52 porter Aardvark

and something I did know existed: F-111 Aardvark

ranwhenparked > ttyymmnn 03/24/2020 at 17:36

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Another one:

Bristol Beaufighter

ttyymmnn > WilliamsSW 03/24/2020 at 17:36

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Dang! That’s too many! When I started this, I never thought there would be all that many. This has turned out pretty cool!

ttyymmnn > PowderHound 03/24/2020 at 17:39

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The F-111 didn’t receive the name Aardvark officially until it’s retirement in 1996. Until then, it was officially just F-111. Which makes me wonder if there are any other Air Force aircraft that never had a nickname. 

ttyymmnn > ranwhenparked 03/24/2020 at 17:40

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The Beaufighter (airplane) was bad ass. WilliamsSW just dumped a big long list of GA aircraft that share a name with cars. Too many to look up photos for!

WilliamsSW > ttyymmnn 03/24/2020 at 17:43

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Everyone has been doing military aircraft only - the GA guy had to chime in!

I forgot the Commander - Rockwell and Studebaker.

There are aircraft named Cheyenne, Sierra, Lightning, and Navigator, too!!!

PowderHound > ttyymmnn 03/24/2020 at 17:44

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Oh I had no idea about that!

ranwhenparked > ttyymmnn 03/24/2020 at 17:45

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In their later years, Bristol Cars named all their cars after their ex-parent company’s former aircraft; like with Reliant, changing the model name every so often helped disguise that they couldn’t really afford to design a new model.

ttyymmnn > ranwhenparked 03/24/2020 at 17:49

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I just noticed the licence plate. 100MPH! My 03 Odyssey can go 100. Well, I’ve had it up to 95 once trying to pass a semi on a two-lane road. That was a bit of a white-knuckler. 

InFierority Complex > ttyymmnn 03/24/2020 at 17:59

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Fiat and Alfa Freccia

Freccia d’oro technically

Fiat and Casella   Centauro

Northrop and Lancia Scorpion

Macchi and Intermeccanica Veltro

I guess I could include the Freccia IFV and Centauro tank destroyer too

ranwhenparked > ttyymmnn 03/24/2020 at 18:00

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That was Bristol’s traditional  factory plate that they used on their prototypes, left over from the days when a mile a minute was really something to brag about. T he Beaufighter could supposedly do 150.

ttyymmnn > InFierority Complex 03/24/2020 at 18:03

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Italian warplanes of WWII were undeniably funky, but in a cool sort of way. Did not know about the Scorpion car. The F-89 is one of my favorite Cold War interceptors. Deceptively large, they were.They could also carry a few rockets...

And missiles, too.

WilliamsSW > ranwhenparked 03/24/2020 at 18:28

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And behold the Stinson Reliant!  Much better looking than the Reliant Robin, or the Plymouth Reliant.

pip bip - choose Corrour > ttyymmnn 03/24/2020 at 18:41

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Aston Martin Vulcan & Avro Vulcan

ttyymmnn > pip bip - choose Corrour 03/24/2020 at 18:49

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I’m digging the livery on that Aston.

WilliamsSW > ttyymmnn 03/24/2020 at 19:25

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That 68 Cutlass has me very curious. It says “Cutlass” and not 442 on it, but...

It has fake hood vents and a REAL cold air intake under the front bumper.  The latter jumped out at me.  Where is the pic from?

ttyymmnn > WilliamsSW 03/24/2020 at 19:41

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https://www.hemmings.com/stories/article/ram-rod-rocket-1968-olds-cutlass-ram-rod

InFierority Complex > ttyymmnn 03/24/2020 at 19:58

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I know a lot of Canadians and armchair historians will go crazy for the Arrow but I love the Canuck. It’s seems the same-but-not-really as the Scorpion but I think it looks cooler.

Can’t seem to find any pictures with both a Scorpion and Canuck. I assume there must have been joint exercises or something back in the 50s with them.

ttyymmnn > InFierority Complex 03/24/2020 at 20:17

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Clunk! The US Air Force Museum has one of those. 

gmctavish needs more space > ttyymmnn 03/24/2020 at 21:05

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Avro Arrow

Piper Arrow

Plymouth Arrow

ttyymmnn > gmctavish needs more space 03/24/2020 at 21:21

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Pierce Arrow!

InFierority Complex > ttyymmnn 03/24/2020 at 22:01

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Found one with Scorpion and Canuck. I knew it was keeping you up :P

I just like this one.

Both taken from this site if you’ve ever wanted to know just about everything about Canadian air groups in cold war europe

http://silverhawkauthor.com/1-canadian-air-group-canadian-forces-europe_367.html

ttyymmnn > InFierority Complex 03/24/2020 at 22:22

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I posted this seven years ago, and maybe once more in the intervening years. If you haven’t read it, it’s worth it. Especially since you have an affinity for Canadian iron.

https://oppositelock.kinja.com/fly-pasts-497272320

Darkbrador > ttyymmnn 03/25/2020 at 09:44

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Be ating the dead horse, there, but : Jaguar & Jaguar

glemon > ttyymmnn 04/24/2020 at 14:16

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I like both of those the Chevy looks good in two tone.

glemon > ttyymmnn 04/24/2020 at 15:36

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Pinto Car (Ford)

Pinto Airplane (Temco TT-1)

Pinto Carplane for the win!

ttyymmnn > glemon 04/24/2020 at 15:50

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Glemon sinks the three-pointer!

glemon > ttyymmnn 04/24/2020 at 16:03

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I came late to the party, I wasn’t aware of the Temco Pinto, but I had a vague itch that there was a litlle pre-war aircraft called  a Pinto, that is what I was looking for, finally found it—

Mohawk Pinto

ttyymmnn > glemon 04/24/2020 at 16:06

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Back in those days there were so many small airplane builders it’s impossible (at least  for me) to keep track of them all. But like the plethora of small auto manufacturers, they all disappeared into oblivion in the shadow of the big manufacturers. 

glemon > ttyymmnn 04/24/2020 at 16:19

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When I was a kid I read lots of airplane catalog type books, long lists of make, model, pictures and specs.  In those days my mind was like a sponge or a bucket, soaking everything up, retaining it.  Now it is like the bucket is full, the data resides briefly on top, then spills off.

ttyymmnn > glemon 04/24/2020 at 16:27

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My teenagers are/were heavily into Pokemon, and while they can’t necessarily name every one, they can tell you what every one evolves into. As for me, I would say that I know a little bit about a lot of things, and my knowledge is far from encyclopedic. There are folks around here (facw, skyfire77) who seem to know a lot more details and facts about thing aviation, or at least a lot of different things. I’ve never been one for keeping lists in my head. I keep track of broad events historically, but don’t have the mind to keep hold of the minutiae.