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Re: UK2 XG454 Bristol BelvedereHC1 PhilButlerPhoto.jpg [3/4] - Bristol 170 Freighter.jpg (1/1)
Savageduck (savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com) 2016/10/08 23:30

On 2016-10-08 22:17:24 -0700, Miloch <Miloch_member@newsguy.com> said:

> In article <gqjjvbl9gud0ro13om3asu05ueg5d524ro@4ax.com>, not my real pseudonym
> says...
>>
>> On Sat, 08 Oct 2016 11:36:11 -0500, Andrew Chaplin
>> <ab.chaplin@yourfinger.rogers.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Miloch <Miloch_member@newsguy.com> wrote in
>>> news:nt7b200252c@drn.newsguy.com:
>>>
>>>> In article <3a3evbpfc1u5bl8b1a98ae3494285hdfs9@4ax.com>, Joseph
>>>> Testagrose says...
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Only the British could come up with names like the 'Bristol Belvedere'
>>>> or the 'Percival Sea Prince'.
>>>>
>>>> What's wrong with those people?
>>>
>>> It starts with a "B", don't it? Many British aircraft builders were keen on
>>> alliteration. Look at all the places in the UK that start with "H" that
>>> Handley Page managed to append to their name.
>>
>> Like the Bristol Breighter?  ;^}
>
>
> You mean the Bristol Freighter....heh
>
> What the name lacks in alliteration it makes up for ugliness.

That looks more like a Bristol Boathouse.


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Regards,

Savageduck


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