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Re: [FT] Pics posted

From: DracSpy@a...
Date: Tue, 2 Feb 1999 01:49:52 EST
Subject: Re: [FT] Pics posted

In a message dated 99-02-01 23:16:42 EST, you write:

<< >Alternately you could use the US Navy designations, which start with
V for
 >aViation ("A" having been previously claimed for "Armored").	Remember
CV =
 >carrier?  That's actually "Cruiser, aViation", since the first CV's
were
 >built on cruiser hulls.  Thus a fighter squadron is VF and an attack
 >squadron is VA.
 
 True, but I was reserving the 'V' designation for planetary fighters as
 opposed to space fighters. :) >>
V is for fixed wing
-Stephen


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