Designation Systems

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A place to research and document designation systems used by manufacturers, air forces and other organisations
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Pronouncing and spelling of Eastern European names
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Latécoère aircraft
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Renard Aircraft Designations (Belgium - including R.S.V. & Stampe et Renard)
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Ikarus post war projects
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Fokker Ontwerp Numbers
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Helio model designations
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C-146 and C-147
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CANT and CRDA list
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The extended family of the Mil Mi-8
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DoD Temporary Designations for Soviet / Chinese Aircraft based on airfield
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VZLU Aircraft List
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De Havilland aircraft
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SENIOR * programs (USAF Headquarters/Pentagon NRO Nicknames)
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NATO Naval Reporting Names
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Airspeed aircraft
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Arado Designations
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Lockheed Skunk Works P- numbers
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Trella Aircraft Designations
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I.A.R Romanian aircraft company
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Nord Aviation and SNCAN designations
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Ryan aircraft
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Austro-Hungarian Aviatik GmbH designations
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Aviatik (German) Aircraft Types to 1920
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Etrich Aircraft
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U.S. Navy Designations (1922-1962)
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Seversky/Republic AP series - AP-1 to AP-100
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Dornier Project Designations
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Bazinga
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Peyret-Mauboussin, Mauboussin, Castel-Mauboussin
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LWS aircraft, Poland
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Kazik.R
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Kaman K-... list
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Tupolev Aircraft List
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NATO reporting names for Soviet/Chinese aircraft and missiles
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THK (Türk Hava Kurumu - Turkish Aeronautical Association) Designations
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Charles Fauvel Aircraft List
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Brunner Winkle and Bird Aircraft Designations
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UTVA designations
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Pitts model numbers
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Early Antonov (OKA- and A-) designations
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ASCC/ASIC/US DoD Reporting Name for Soviet/Russian/Chinese Aircraft and Missiles
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North American Aviation NA/NR series...
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Nieuport Designations
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Caudron designations
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Borel designations
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Bell aircraft and helicopter designations
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SAAB, Svenska Aeroplanaktiebolaget, Svenska Aeroplan AB, Saab AB aircraft list.
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Shorts S series
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SNCASE / Sud-Est Aviation designation (SE)
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Brazilian EAY, CAP and IPT designations
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Chinese tank designations
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Douglas Designations
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Polish PWS Aircraft Designations
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Pilatus Aircraft Designations
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Zenith Aircraft/Zenair
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Franco-British Aviation (FBA) Aircraft List
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Cierva designations
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SAIMAN Aircraft Designations
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Louis de Monge Aircraft List
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Liore et Olivier
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General Electric turbine engines
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Soviet Maritime Project Numbers
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Tzoli
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French Aircraft Specifications 1919-1939
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Maveric
TsAGI (Zavod 39) "TsKB-" designations
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Marcel Besson Aircraft List
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SECM/Amiot Designations
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Apophenia
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Mignet Aircraft List
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ICAR Romanian Aircraft Designations
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Those mysterious F-110+ designations
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USA VTOL & V/STOL Aircraft Post 1945
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Letov Designations
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Muniz aircraft, Brasil
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The designations of Fiat and related companies
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ORENCO
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Cy-27
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Barrón and Loring aircraft
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Wassmer Aircraft List
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TNCA
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Douglas Missile (DM) List
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Grey Havoc
Grey Havoc
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SOCATA / DAHER-SOCATA Designations
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Bedek - IAI
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Macchi Designations (Aermacchi / Alenia-Aermacchi)
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Sopwith Aircraft
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US tri-service V- ("XV-") series
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PZL Aircraft Designations
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Bazinga
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Construcciones Aeronáuticas SA (CASA) - Spanish Designations
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U.S. Army Air Corps early 1920s system (Types I to XVI, etc.)
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Goodyear aircraft (GA-) and blimps (GZ-)
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Société des Avions Marcel Bloch (MB) designations
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Rolls-Royce RB Designations
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Fairchild designations (general topic)
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Bazinga
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Curtiss Aircraft List
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Grey Havoc
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Air Radio Installation Numbers
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RAF missing Specifications and Aircraft from 1920 to 1949
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Grob Aircraft Designations
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Miles designations
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Grey Havoc
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Bulgarian DAR (to 1945) & Lazarov Designations
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IPE Aircraft List
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Klemm Designations
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The Gates Learjet family and Bill Lear's designs
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Curtiss-Wright CW- designations and P- projects
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Caproni aircraft
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Savoia designations
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Breda Aircraft Designations
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