Talk:Citabria
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For whatever it's worth (before anyone asks), titling this article simply Citabria makes sense. The aircraft article naming guidelines don't quite address the complicated situation that applies here. The Citabria (in all its varieties) is a significant enough variant to deserve a separate article from Aeronca Champ. This article could be called Champion Citabria, on the rationale that Champion was the designer and original manufacturer, but this isn't the name generally thought of first today. This article could be called Bellanca Citabria, on the rationale that Bellanca produced—according to some sources—the largest combined count of these designs. This article could be called American Champion Citabria, on the rationale that this is the current owner and producer of the design. The choice of the name Citabria seems to settle these competing claims in accordance with the suggestion of the general naming conventions to "use the most common name of a person or thing that does not conflict with the names of other people or things." SkipperPilot 20:12, 10 September 2006 (UTC)
