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Sailor Steve · 02-03-13, 05:46 PM

The KM grid map has no 'I', not because it can be confused with '1', but because it can be confused with 'J'. Same with the US Air Force when giving sub-variant letters to aircraft.

Oddly, though the Royal Navy had both 'J' and 'I' class destroyers in WW2, in WW1 there was no 'J' class, for the same reason.

02-03-13, 05:46 PM	#7
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	The KM grid map has no 'I', not because it can be confused with '1', but because it can be confused with 'J'. Same with the US Air Force when giving sub-variant letters to aircraft. Oddly, though the Royal Navy had both 'J' and 'I' class destroyers in WW2, in WW1 there was no 'J' class, for the same reason. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo