RLM aircraft designation system (7728 bytes)
1: ...ian airliners, sport gliders, and some non-German aircraft.
3: ==The System==
5: ... both aircraft already in production by various [[aircraft manufacturer|manufacturers]] as well as new proje...
7: ...] the same as a previous, cancelled Messerschmitt aircraft, the [[Messerschmitt Bf 163]].
9: ...he war, the numerical sequence was abandoned, and aircraft types were numbered in steps of 100 above the num...

Idflieg aircraft designation system (2407 bytes)
1: ...generate [[Germany|German]] [[military aircraft]] designations prior to the end of [[World War I]].
3: ...roman numeral]]. For example, the first "D"-class aircraft built by [[Fokker]] was designated the [[Fokker D...
5: * '''A''' - single-seat unarmed aircraft, powered by an engine of less than 150 hp (112 kW...
8: ...s aircraft, nimble enough to be used as [[fighter aircraft]] when armed.
9: * '''D''' - single-seat armed aircraft, powered by an engine of more than 150 hp

1962 United States Tri-Service aircraft designation system (9450 bytes)
1: ...ned a designation under this system. Experimental aircraft operated by manufacturers or NASA are also often ...
3: ==The System==
5: ...system produces an MDS (or Mission-Design-Series) designation of the form:
7: ...t also be included. The options and usage of each designation elements will be discussed below.
11: ... one of the following categories (most fixed-wing aircraft) are not required to carry a type designator. The...

RLM aircraft by manufacturer (13485 bytes)
1: :see [[List of RLM aircraft]] for a numerical listing
2: ...aft designation system]] for explantion of naming system.
4: ==RLM aircraft by Manufacturer==
31: ...[[Arado Ar 231]], fold-wing U-boat reconnaissance aircraft (prototype)
64: *[[DFS 39]], Lippisch-designed tail-less research aircraft

List of RLM aircraft designations (49930 bytes)
1: ...civilian aircraft. See [[RLM aircraft designation system]] for an explanation of how these numbers were us...
10: <tr><th>GL/C number</th><th>Aircraft</th><th>Notes</th></tr>
21: ...d></td><td>[[Göppingen Gö 8]]</td><td>development aircraft for Do 214</td></tr>
23: ...d></td><td>[[Göppingen Gö 9]]</td><td>development aircraft for Do 335 Pfeil</td></tr>
53: <tr><td></td><td></td><td>training aircraft by Akaflieg Darmstadt</td></tr>

Japanese military aircraft designation systems (7776 bytes)
1: ...ikipedia are titled by the manufacturer and short designation code.
3: ...ul. The confusion is not so much that any of the designation schemes are difficult, but that a number of diffe...
7: ... and finally a SADP (Service Airplane Designation System) number used from [[1939]] onward.
11: ... in a year, the number was disambiguated with the aircraft purpose.
13: During the period this designation system was in use, the Emperor in question was [[Hirohit...

USSR military aircraft designation systems (3937 bytes)
1: ... Russia (before 1917) does not seem to have had a system.
2: Aircraft were given names or numerical designations by manufacturers.
4: ==Soviet System to 1939==
5: ...rs/manufacturers usually also gave them their own designations.
41: ... built - protoype fighter from Ilyushin may share designation)

British military aircraft designation systems (3431 bytes)
1: ...llowed function, beginning with 'F' for [[fighter aircraft|fighters]], 'N' for [[naval]], 'B' for [[bomber]]...
3: ...ually relented, and also bought industry-designed aircraft.
5: ...hese never produced a [[prototype]], let alone an aircraft in service. Others were drawn up around a [[priva...
7: ... letters to indicate the current function of that aircraft and then a number indicating the sequence in whic...
8: ...ion changes from time to time and a change in the designation letters and sometimes the following digit will re...

United States of America military aircraft designation systems (2081 bytes)
1: ...he '''United States Military Aircraft Designation System''' was first designed in [[1919]] when the [[US A...
4: ...United States Army Air Force]] used a designation system based on [[Operation (military)|mission]] categor...
5: ...e Corps]]) used a completely separate designation system, based on both ''mission'' and ''manufacturer''.
6: ...]] [[Convair B-36|B-36]] bomber kept its previous designation.
7: ...1962]] to now a joint system of ''mission''-based designations was used, with most of these re-starting from 1....

Target Acquisition Designation Sight, Pilot Night Vision System (1282 bytes)
1: ...he]] [[helicopter]]. It comprises two independent systems, described below:
4: == Target Acquisition Designation Sight (TADS) ==
11: == Pilot [[Night-vision|Night Vision]] System ==

Cirrus Aircraft Parachute System (738 bytes)
4: ...'', or '''CAPS''', is a "ballistic [[parachute]]" system created by [[Cirrus Design]] with [[NASA]] to saf...
6: ...nd can be retrofitted to a number of common light aircraft, including the ubiquitous [[Cessna 172]].

Joint Primary Aircraft Training System (483 bytes)
1: ...orce]] and [[United States Navy]] for a [[trainer aircraft]] usable by both services.

List of RLM paint designations (1695 bytes)
1: ...lors as chosen by [http://www.xs4all.nl/~rhorta/jgrlm.htm this] website.
3: *RLM paint designations list
4: *RLM - 01, ''SILBER'' ( silver )
5: *RLM - 02, ''GRAU'' ( grey )
6: *RLM - 04, ''GELB'' ( yellow )

Flamsteed designation (1772 bytes)
4: ...|stars]] are similar to [[Bayer designation|Bayer designations]], except that they use numbers instead of Greek...
6: ... century, and are now commonly used when no Bayer designation exists. Examples of well-known stars which are us...
8: ...hich they do not lie, just as there are for Bayer designations, because of the compromises that had to be made ...
11: * [[star designation]]

Star designation (2267 bytes)
3: ...nternationally recognised authority for assigning designations to [[star|stars]] (and other celestial bodies). ...
13: ... a system which is still widely used. See [[Bayer designation]] for details.
17: ...preferred when there is a choice. See [[Flamsteed designation]] for details.
19: == Variable designations ==
21: ...k them out as variable stars. See [[variable star designation]] for details.

Conservation designation (896 bytes)
1: A '''conservation designation''' is a name and/or acronym which explains the st...

Provisional designation (11942 bytes)
1: The '''provisional designation''' of comets and asteroids are similar to each ot...
3: ==Historical designations==
24: ...bols: a quick shorthand way of referring to solar system bodies. In the BAJ for [[1855]], the numbering of...
39: ... an observer. In [[1892]] a system of provisional designations was introduced by the AN. A definitive number wa...
41: ...s [[341 California|1892 J]] and it is this latter designation which is recorded.

Bayer designation (2444 bytes)
1: ...nd &alpha; And (&delta; Peg). Nonetheless, these designations have proved useful and are widely used today.
3: ...s in which Bayer designations can be written. The designation can be written out in full, as in Alpha Canis Maj...
5: ...ar designation|variable designations]], not Bayer designations.
10: * [[Flamsteed designation]]
11: * [[star designation]]

Variable star designation (1240 bytes)
1: ...ter two subsequent supplementary double-lettering systems hit similar limits, numbers were finally introdu...
3: The current naming system is:
10: Sample designations are [[R Coronae Borealis]], [[YY Geminorum]], an...

Protected designation origin (1182 bytes)
1: A '''protected designation origin''' is a term generally applied to [[food]]...
5: ...ed by the [[European Commission]]. A famous such designation is [[Stilton cheese]], which may be produced usin...
7: ...al and/or characteristic foods. In reality, such designations may often become a subject for divisive [[politi...

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