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To: sukhoi-30mki
They would have to change the designation. "OV" may have originally meant observation, but in today's nomenclature, it is "Observation, Vertical." If an Observation version of the Osprey were created, it would be "OV-22."

Since OA-10 is already taken by the Warthog, it'd have to be given a new number.

28 posted on 09/12/2009 4:04:13 AM PDT by Yo-Yo (Joe Wilson speaks for me.)
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To: Yo-Yo
They would have to change the designation. "OV" may have originally meant observation, but in today's nomenclature, it is "Observation, Vertical." If an Observation version of the Osprey were created, it would be "OV-22."

Since OA-10 is already taken by the Warthog, it'd have to be given a new number.

Nope. Wrong again as usual. The designation "V" is for STOL/VTOL, so the Bronco could retain it's OV-10 designation thanks to a generous interpretation of STOL.

36 posted on 09/12/2009 10:15:18 AM PDT by Yo-Yo (Joe Wilson speaks for me.)
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