Tag: aircraft names

• Northrop BT 1 – Part Seven – Why Was It Not Named?

  

  Dauntless, Helldiver, Avenger, Hellcat…all good historic names for US Navy aircraft. The Army Air Force had Mustangs and Thunderbolts and such. Why was the BT 1 just a code, instead of a name? I suspect it is because it never established itself in the affections of the press – or at least in the press…

  Dick Stein

  October 25, 2021

  1:72 scale, American aircraft, Colour Schemes, History, Model Airplane, research, Scale Models, Uncategorized

  aircraft names, Northrop, US Navy