Re: Numbers for Bombers & Fighters (v. OT, but Somebody Here Probably Knows)



Brian Thorn wrote:
And there are numerous numbers
that were evidently never assigned (no -13's at all, no C-16 or F-19.)

I still think the F-19 omission was odd, and don't buy the "Northrop wants to call theirs a F-20, so we'll skip F-19" story completely.
There also may have been a program to build a stealthy VTOL or STOL aircraft to deliver troops to a forward combat zone at night, and that could account for the C-16 designation gap.
(I wonder if it was related to that oddball VTOL DuPont DP-2? The time frame on that project is about right.)


Pat
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