While hunting for photos of wheels (sometimes I can’t even belive myself..), I found this. It has a great deal of useful information and it well worth bookmarking for reference!
By: anneorac - 22nd April 2005 at 09:44
W :p nk as in the W :rolleyes: nk W.3.
Anne
By: Papa Lima - 22nd April 2005 at 08:42
Would that be Wancke, manufacturer of a 1914 Eindecker?
By: anneorac - 22nd April 2005 at 08:30
Tee-Hee…includes my all time favourite aircraft manufacturer. W 😮 nk. I do believe it’s pronounced Vank.
Anne 😀
By: paulmcmillan - 21st April 2005 at 17:38
Interesting
I did not know Luftwaffe types had reporting names!
Mike = Bf109E-3
Same for Nato reporting names for Mitchell, Catalina, P-39 etc etc!
By: Papa Lima - 21st April 2005 at 17:25
A similar but far more comprehensive source that I find very useful although it’s not on the Net is:
“The Smithsonian NASM Directory of Airplanes (ouch!), their designers and manufacturers” edited by Dana Bell, ISBN 1-85367-490-7 that I picked up for a song the last time I was at Duxford (too long ago!)
382 pages of solid and almost fault-free information!
By: JonathanF - 21st April 2005 at 17:17
Interesting find. Tis the Museums Data Organisation’s thesaurus for the RAFM. To be honest I don’t know if it’s used solely by RAFM or by other aviation museums also.
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