@ghostrigger: imho and after checking our current inventory,...

ghostrigger
2016-01-07T06:06:37-05:00

imho and after checking our current inventory, option 2 works for most airplanes not only for american-manufactured ones.

just going to raise some issues regarding (Designation|Name). what would be the final tags for avro_lancaster and avro_vulcan? would they be lancaster_(airplane) and vulcan_(airplane) respectively? if we eliminate the manufacturer these seem to be longer than their present names. same goes for fairey_firefly and fairey_swordfish among others.

how we will distinguish airplanes sharing the same name like hawker_typhoon from eurofighter typhoon (currently tagged as ef_typhoon)?

how about civilian airplanes like boeing_777 and airbus_a380? i would guess users are more familiar with these names than 777 or a380, without having checking the wiki or adding a qualifier. thanks.