Talk:Zlin Z 142

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[edit] Merge

The contents of the stub article appear to me to be already included in the properly-named article, though I may be wrong, as I'm not really all that well-versed in Czech 1970's trainer aircraft. thadius856_talk 00:35, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

I've proposed that all 3 merges be moved to here. This reflects the consensus that brought the Boeing 747 variants into a single article and also a modified version of their specifications table. Despite the fact that the naming schemes are different between the 747- and Z series aircraft (100, 100B, 100SR, 200, etc. vs 42, 42 M, 42 MU, 142, etc.), they should be treated the same.

Furthermore, as evident from the lack of specifications I was able to pull up on most variants, there is most likely not enough infomation to ever expand the other variants past the stub stage. I'm fairly convinced that the Z 142 is the most popular variant, as made apparent by the amount of Google search results it pulls (882 for Zlin "Z 42"; 12,000 for Zlin "Z 142"; 599 for Zlin "Z 242"). However, I feel that the four-seater version of the aircraft (Z 43 and Z 143) are different enough to warrant their own article together.

Of course, I'd also be strongly in favor of a variety of redirects: Zlin 42, Zlin Z 42, Zlin Z-42, Z 42, Z-42, etc. thadius856_talk 03:54, 20 October 2006 (UTC)