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To: DUMBGRUNT

Does Johnson hold the record for renaming aircraft projects?

The Blackbird was supposed to be designated RS-71, but Johnson called it “SR-71” so the name was changed.

The Huey was supposed to be the HU-1 (HUey nickname,) but Johnson called it the UH-1 so its name was changed also.

At least that’s the stories I’ve always been told.


6 posted on 10/06/2016 7:41:54 AM PDT by Yo-Yo (Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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To: Yo-Yo

Huey though was rationally designated for UH as Utility Helicopter.


11 posted on 10/06/2016 7:47:55 AM PDT by Robert A Cook PE (I can only donate monthly, but socialists' ABBCNNBCBS continue to lie every day!)
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To: Yo-Yo
An early model of the ‘71 resides on an air museum in Seattle.
15 posted on 10/06/2016 7:57:27 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (Baseball players, gangsters and musicians are remembered. But journalists are forgotten.)
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