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I'm not sure where some of these should go.
- YAL-1 ·
- OC-135·
- RC-135 Rivet Joint ·
- E-4 ·
- E-6·
- E-10 MC2A
Where do observation aircraft go? Under Reconn? -Fnlayson 01:55, 28 April 2007 (UTC)
- yes to Obser, and put YAL-1 per below. - BillCJ 02:14, 28 April 2007 (UTC)]
Prototypes
Should the Y planes be put on a Prototype line? -Fnlayson 01:58, 28 April 2007 (UTC)
- We could change "Experimental" to add Prototypes, and put those there (like YAL-1). - BillCJ 02:13, 28 April 2007 (UTC)]
Looks good!
I've doubled up a few entries, and got it down to seven lines. I don't think it's too crowded. However, if it does turn out to be too cramped, we can split into combat and non-combat pages - shouldn't bee too much overlap that way. -
- Yea! There a lot of planes listed. -Fnlayson 02:39, 28 April 2007 (UTC)
- Are the craft listed on Chrono order? If so, the YAL-1 should be last on the Experimental/Prototypes line. -Fnlayson 03:06, 28 April 2007 (UTC)
I usually use designation order on pages like this, but it depends alot on the product too. -
- Well there are a lot of the older planes that aren't listed numerically cause they have pre-'62 designations (KC-135, ?-137, etc). -Fnlayson 03:31, 28 April 2007 (UTC)
Split
This thing is awfully big. What would you think of going ahead and dividing it? I think it would allow us to spread each category out a bit, and still not bee too long. We could use
- Sounds alright. So fighters, bombers, & attack helos, would go to the combat group, right? Please bring it up on the Air page. Might get some help there. ;). -Fnlayson 03:35, 28 April 2007 (UTC)
fighters, bombers, & attack helos, would go to the combat group - that's what I had in mind, yes. Do you mean bringing it up on WP:AIR before or after a split? (just to clarify) -
- I say ask before. See if anyone has a better idea. If there's not anything after a couple days go forward with the combat/transport & support split. That's my suggestion anyway. -Fnlayson 04:10, 28 April 2007 (UTC)
No problem - will ask. -
Done! Feel free to ammend/add to it as you like. -
I have both template set up on
- Looks fine. The spliting method is clear and logical. They aren't even.. but oh well. Seems like the easiest thing would to copy the non-combat part here and rename this template to "Boeing military transport and support aircraft". -Fnlayson 04:58, 30 April 2007 (UTC)
Yeah, copying it over was what I had in mind. It was very easy to copy this one twice to that page, and then just take out what I didn't need for each template. I tried as much as I could to move anything half-way combat related to that template. It also made it easy to compare them. THe one I'm kinda stuck on is the trainers list, as there's a basic trainer (PT-17 family), an advanced carrier trainer (T-45), and an awfully big navigation trainer (T-43). I'd like to have the T-45 on the combat page, but it may be too much of a stretch. Any thoughts?
Anyway, I've split them up, and will start to post on articles them during the day on Monday, hopefully. ANy help on that would be appreciated, as there's a LOT of articles to cover. But I'm not in too much of a hurry on that - we'll get done when we get done! -
Transports
Why is the CC-137 listed last on that line? I had it next to C-137, since they seem very similar, both being 707-based. -Fnlayson 14:30, 30 April 2007 (UTC)
- I was just trying to list them by designation, as the CF uses it's own system. I keep forgetting everyone else wants to list them by time period. Sorry! We can move it back. - BillCJ 15:46, 30 April 2007 (UTC)]
- Oh, I see what you mean. I guess it's one way or the other then. -Fnlayson 16:04, 30 April 2007 (UTC)
- OK, it's back after C-137. - BillCJ 16:13, 30 April 2007 (UTC)]
Splitting Transports line
The "Transport" line is pretty long, and will spill over with the next couple of additions. When it does (and I think we'll find a few more aircraft to add soon), I propose splitting it into separate categories. I'd probably go with Piston and Jet, similar to the division on the Boeing AIrliner templates. -
- Piston and jet makes for a good way to split them. Would rotorcraft be split by piston/turbine engines as well (probably not a real factor)? -Fnlayson 23:20, 30 April 2007 (UTC)
- Good. On rotorcraft, I don't think it's necessary here, esp as we haven't included the pre-Boeing Vertol piston engine helis by Piasecki and Vertol, and BV only made turbine models. It does brign up a good point, ans I don't think thee's a template for those models yet. We could make one for all the Piasecki/Vertol/BV modles, and remove the helicopters here. THe attack copters are slightly different, and were actyually under Boeing IDS, not BV/Boeing Helicopters. Just some ideas, don't know if we'd want to do it now though, or how. - BillCJ 23:33, 30 April 2007 (UTC)]
- Humm, the piston aircraft could probably all fit on 1 template. That'd mean 3 for Boeing military: "Boeing military piston aircraft", "Boeing Combat jets" and "Boeing support jets". But jets doesn't exactly cover helicopters. That could be in 4th one as you say. -Fnlayson 23:37, 30 April 2007 (UTC)
Jeff, I think we crossed a wire: I was referring to the "Transport" line in the support template, that it could be divided if it went to two lines, which I think it will. I think the whole support template is OK as it is, tho removing the helicoters would free up some room. -
- Oh! I thought you meant put piston aircraft on another template. Two lines for Transports is fine. Changed section label to match what you mean. -Fnlayson 00:32, 1 May 2007 (UTC)
I've put together a test page for a Piaseki-Boeing helicopter template at
- That looks fine to me. I meant Splitting in the section header. My typing to so-so and goes to bad when rushing. -Fnlayson 04:07, 1 May 2007 (UTC)
- I know it was a typo, but was just trying to be light. I make enough typos myself that sure I can't fault anyone else! - BillCJ 05:07, 1 May 2007 (UTC)]
- I don't want to have to "spit" up that line. ;) -Fnlayson 05:26, 1 May 2007 (UTC)
- I know it was a typo, but was just trying to be light. I make enough typos myself that sure I can't fault anyone else! -
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