Warbird Information Exchange

DISCLAIMER: The views expressed on this site are the responsibility of the poster and do not reflect the views of the management.
It is currently Sun Jul 13, 2025 7:21 am

View unanswered posts | View active topics


Board index » General Discussion » The WIX Hangar

All times are UTC - 5 hours


Classic Wings Magazine WWII Naval Aviation Research Pacific Luftwaffe Resource Center
When Hollywood Ruled The Skies - Volumes 1 through 4 by Bruce Oriss


Post new topic Reply to topic  Page 1 of 2
  [ 19 posts ]  Go to page 1, 2  Next
  Previous topic | Next topic 
Author Message
Hellcat
 Post subject: Aviation Myths
PostPosted: Wed Dec 17, 2008 4:10 pm 
Found this link interesting. ... I know, it's raining here in West Hollywood, what else am I to do? :wink:

http://www.aeroflight.co.uk/misc/myths1.htm
Top
  
 
Holedigger
 Post subject:
PostPosted: Wed Dec 17, 2008 4:25 pm 
Offline
2000+ Post Club
2000+ Post Club
User avatar

Joined: Sat Oct 04, 2008 6:57 pm
Posts: 2716
Location: St Petersburg FL, USA
I thought the myth was that it didn't rain in southern California!

Interesting site, I have seen most of those before and some of their rebuttal of the myths are weak or incomplete. History has a bad habit of creating these monsters, that get perpetuated by the media and they take on a life of their own!
Top
 Profile  
 
ZRX61
 Post subject:
PostPosted: Wed Dec 17, 2008 4:46 pm 
Offline
2000+ Post Club
2000+ Post Club

Joined: Tue Jun 14, 2005 10:16 am
Posts: 2308
Holedigger wrote:
I thought the myth was that it didn't rain in southern California!


Image

_________________
Those who possess real knowledge are rare.

Those who can set that knowledge into motion in the physical world are rarer still.

The few who possess real knowledge and can set it into motion of their own hands are the rarest of all.
Top
 Profile  
 
k5083
 Post subject: Re: Aviation Myths
PostPosted: Wed Dec 17, 2008 4:54 pm 
Offline
3000+ Post Club
3000+ Post Club
User avatar

Joined: Thu Apr 27, 2006 2:10 pm
Posts: 3249
Location: New York
Hellcat wrote:
Found this link interesting. ... I know, it's raining here in West Hollywood, what else am I to do? :wink:

http://www.aeroflight.co.uk/misc/myths1.htm


Thanks, that was interesting. Strange page, though, in some ways. Many of the myths he purports to debunk never really existed, and some of the statements he makes in debunking them are themselves bunk.

August
Top
 Profile  
 
Chris Brame
 Post subject:
PostPosted: Wed Dec 17, 2008 5:05 pm 
Offline
3000+ Post Club
3000+ Post Club
User avatar

Joined: Sun Nov 07, 2004 2:02 am
Posts: 4703
Location: Yucca Valley, CA
My back yard ten minutes ago:

Image

"Well, it doesn't show signs of stopping..."

_________________
Image
All right, Mister Dorfmann, start pullin'!
Pilot: "Flap switch works hard in down position."
Mechanic: "Flap switch checked OK. Pilot needs more P.T." - Flight report, TB-17G 42-102875 (Hobbs AAF)
Top
 Profile  
 
JDK
 Post subject: Re: Aviation Myths
PostPosted: Wed Dec 17, 2008 5:07 pm 
Offline
Long Time Member
Long Time Member
User avatar

Joined: Tue May 11, 2004 5:42 pm
Posts: 6884
Location: The Goldfields, Victoria, Australia
k5083 wrote:
Hellcat wrote:
Found this link interesting. ... I know, it's raining here in West Hollywood, what else am I to do? :wink:

http://www.aeroflight.co.uk/misc/myths1.htm


Thanks, that was interesting. Strange page, though, in some ways. Many of the myths he purports to debunk never really existed, and some of the statements he makes in debunking them are themselves bunk.

August

Thanks for the link! Amusing, mostly for the wrong reasons. Pretty poor journalism, as he's not even bothered to attribute the 'bomber get through' quote - 5 min internet work at most.

_________________
James K

"Switch on the underwater landing lights"
Emilio Largo, Thunderball.

www.VintageAeroWriter.com
Top
 Profile  
 
Holedigger
 Post subject:
PostPosted: Wed Dec 17, 2008 5:16 pm 
Offline
2000+ Post Club
2000+ Post Club
User avatar

Joined: Sat Oct 04, 2008 6:57 pm
Posts: 2716
Location: St Petersburg FL, USA
The good old Gen. Douhet Principle! Bombers will always get through. Guess the Italian Bombers did when they were only up against tribesmen with spears and arrows, didn't do so well later! :wink:
Top
 Profile  
 
JDK
 Post subject:
PostPosted: Wed Dec 17, 2008 5:18 pm 
Offline
Long Time Member
Long Time Member
User avatar

Joined: Tue May 11, 2004 5:42 pm
Posts: 6884
Location: The Goldfields, Victoria, Australia
Holedigger wrote:
The good old Gen. Douhet Principle! Bombers will always get through. Guess the Italian Bombers did when they were only up against tribesmen with spears and arrows, didn't do so well later! :wink:

Funny how people here beat up on the journalists, but can't write a thread title. ;) (Not you, Holedigger, not you...)

No, that's the principle, perhaps, but not the quote. Spiked. Come back when you've got it. ;)

_________________
James K

"Switch on the underwater landing lights"
Emilio Largo, Thunderball.

www.VintageAeroWriter.com
Top
 Profile  
 
k5083
 Post subject:
PostPosted: Wed Dec 17, 2008 5:33 pm 
Offline
3000+ Post Club
3000+ Post Club
User avatar

Joined: Thu Apr 27, 2006 2:10 pm
Posts: 3249
Location: New York
My favorite is how the myth that "A lightweight and simple fighter can be as effective as heavier and more complex ones" was exploded by the fact that the G.91 and F-5 couldn't "challenge the F-4, Mirage III or MiG-21 which dominated those years." Let's see, the lightweight F-5 (gross weight 15,000 lbs) couldn't challenge the big, heavyweight MiG-21 (gross weight 17,000 lbs). Quite the David-vs-Goliath confrontation. :roll:

August
Top
 Profile  
 
Hellcat
 Post subject:
PostPosted: Wed Dec 17, 2008 5:35 pm 
JDK wrote:
Funny how people here beat up on the journalists, but can't write a thread title. ;) (Not you, Holedigger, not you...)

No, that's the principle, perhaps, but not the quote. Spiked. Come back when you've got it. ;)


What are you talking about and what people are you refering to? ... I'm amused
Top
  
 
JDK
 Post subject:
PostPosted: Wed Dec 17, 2008 7:50 pm 
Offline
Long Time Member
Long Time Member
User avatar

Joined: Tue May 11, 2004 5:42 pm
Posts: 6884
Location: The Goldfields, Victoria, Australia
Hellcat wrote:
JDK wrote:
Funny how people here beat up on the journalists, but can't write a thread title. ;) (Not you, Holedigger, not you...)

No, that's the principle, perhaps, but not the quote. Spiked. Come back when you've got it. ;)


What are you talking about and what people are you refering to? ... I'm amused


Thread titles:
http://warbirdinformationexchange.org/p ... hp?t=10563

Quote:
Verb
Simple past
spiked
4. (journalism) To decide not to publish or make public.
* October 14, 2002, Jonathan Sale, The Guardian, Edward VIII news blackout.

Instead, the "Beaver" declared he would spike the story about Wallis Simpson and make sure his fellow media moguls sat on it too.

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/spike

Someone said 'the bomber will always get through'. It should take less than 5 minutes to find it online - ergo, the write of the myths article didn't bother to locate it - poor effort.

Cheers,

_________________
James K

"Switch on the underwater landing lights"
Emilio Largo, Thunderball.

www.VintageAeroWriter.com
Top
 Profile  
 
Hellcat
 Post subject:
PostPosted: Wed Dec 17, 2008 7:54 pm 
I hope your not refering to me ... If so :finga: .. If not ... happy holidays :santa:
Top
  
 
JDK
 Post subject:
PostPosted: Wed Dec 17, 2008 7:59 pm 
Offline
Long Time Member
Long Time Member
User avatar

Joined: Tue May 11, 2004 5:42 pm
Posts: 6884
Location: The Goldfields, Victoria, Australia
Hellcat wrote:
I hope your not refering to me ... If so :finga: .. If not ... happy holidays :santa:

It is possible to occupy a space with another person without achieving a pointless fight.

FWIW, no I wasn't thinking of you.

_________________
James K

"Switch on the underwater landing lights"
Emilio Largo, Thunderball.

www.VintageAeroWriter.com
Top
 Profile  
 
Hellcat
 Post subject:
PostPosted: Wed Dec 17, 2008 8:03 pm 
JDK wrote:
Hellcat wrote:
I hope your not refering to me ... If so :finga: .. If not ... happy holidays :santa:

It is possible to occupy a space with another person without achieving a pointless fight.

FWIW, no I wasn't thinking of you.


It is possible ... but with you, seems you enjoy irritating people .. never mind I said that ... I forgot you have a badge now on this website ... FWIW ... cheers!!

Some advice for you ... I'd let this one go friend, seems it was a typical mis-understanding (again) :x .... We don't want to upset any mod's here with a pointless fight .... :wink:
Top
  
 
Holedigger
 Post subject:
PostPosted: Wed Dec 17, 2008 8:09 pm 
Offline
2000+ Post Club
2000+ Post Club
User avatar

Joined: Sat Oct 04, 2008 6:57 pm
Posts: 2716
Location: St Petersburg FL, USA
Often, this "poor journalism", is probably an effort to dumb it down and make it easy to read for the average public reader with the 4-5th grade reading level. By doing so, they are less clear and typically muck things up!! It is like me yelling at the History Channel programs that generalize and take short-cuts and by doing so make their narrative "less than accurate"!

An then there is the evening news...don't get me started!! :x

The "Myths" are not all really myths as such, again, sloppy journalism. Many of them were theories, which were proven false as the reality of air combat set in.
Top
 Profile  
 
Display posts from previous:  Sort by  
Post new topic Reply to topic  Page 1 of 2
  [ 19 posts ]  Go to page 1, 2  Next

Board index » General Discussion » The WIX Hangar

All times are UTC - 5 hours


Who is online

Users browsing this forum: Google [Bot] and 41 guests

You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot post attachments in this forum

Search for:
Jump to:  
Switch to mobile style
Powered by phpBB® Forum Software © phpBB Group