Message posted by Andreas Parsch on May 17, 2005 at 1:16:15 PST:

> But the Y goes for preproductions, righ? I recall
> seeing an early version of the A-10 in the static
> displays at EDW. Now I'm trying to recall if it was
> the YA-10. It looked a bit odd with no engines in it.

"Y" is a status prefix for prototypes (it used to be "pre-production" until about 1960). "X" is either a status prefix for "Experimental" (rarely used as such nowadays) or a mission designation letter for "Special Research". Confused ;-)? The nasty details are in the link.

> Next time they show that plastic looking F-35, I'll
> point out to the person in charge that they violated
> the offical naming rules

"They" know it perfectly well, and don't care at all :-). And the designation is definitely the least important problem of the JSF :-/ .

In Reply to: Re: FA-37 posted by lone wolf on May 17, 2005 at 0:58:29 PST:

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