[TR] Engine noise B-25: now Yankee

[Don Spence]

This subject is so off topic I hope you don't mind another tangent...  
Can anyone explain the origin of the term "Yankee"?  Obviously during  
WW2 and since, all Americans have been referred to as Yanks or  
Yankees. I do understand that during and before the Civil War this  
was not the case.  Where did it originate?
  Curious Canadian wants to know.
  Thanks


On 8-Nov-07, at 12:00 PM, triumphs-request at autox.team.net wrote:

> I live very near the Yankee Air Museum in Ypsilanti, MI., where  
> they have 3
> fully restored and flying WWII aircraft, a B17, a B25, and a C47.  
> And like
> Nolan, I too am located under the flight path that these beautiful  
> but LOUD
> aircraft use. But what a sight and sound it is when one of those birds
> flies over. In 2005, the museum hosted an air show where eight B17  
> Bombers
> were present, and flew in formation right over my house. That was
> reportedly the largest gathering of B17's since the war. What a  
> sight! This
> year's show featured 15 B25 bombers. As they passed over, I was  
> afraid my
> house was gonna fall down! And then came the Blue Angels!!!