FM's post
 

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Wow! Martin

I'm afraid to ask, was that a good wow, in regards to this video game,

or a response of shock at the fact america's children are being lied to about colors of the great planes of WWI?

Response
 

It's a WoW response to your last posting..... and none of the children are being lied to.. :rolleyes: .. just subjected to false and misleading information (ie, all WWI planes a red). :mad: My airplane is not red.. BTW, which one of the pictures you posted is you? :D Martin

the guy with the monkey...

:D

Your the monkey. Right?

Here is what I have picked to paint my Comet Superstars Fokker DR1. I think the streaked front should be more of an olive drab as applied at the factory. Of course I am not going to paint the plane until after a test flight to make sure it will fly. No use wasting time painting a plane that won't fly. I did not build it to look at. If it flys, it gets painted and hangs with my other planes. If it does not fly it gets put into a sack until I deside what to do with the bones.

but of course!

I mentioned the video game, but I just realized, I posted that comment in another thread, so here it is...

another example of the abuse of history for the sake of art...

here is a video game, that is claiming the plane they feature, is a DR1...



what are they teaching our youth?

They're trying to revise history!!! Stop them now!!! All Dr1's were RED. Just look at the on-line catalogs.

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Good point F M. There's just one thing about the WW1 Pilots that seems so crazy. Not related to the color of the Dr1, but the fact that they thought it was unmanly to carry a parachute with them. They would rather go down in flames. To me, that is nuts. Why not live to fight another day?

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Pilots are cheaper to replace than planes.

But the planes going to go down with the pilot, so you lose both.

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FM wrote "..they might bail out of a "perfectly good, repairable airplane" instead of flying it back to base."

That was the way I always heard it.

Why don't passenger airliners have ejection seats though ????

Too expensive

I think passenger airlines is outside the scope of WWI, but...

They would have to have the top of the aircraft open like the bay doors on the shuttle, the weight and cost of this is prohibitive. Generally by the time a problem worth bailing from is discovered on an airliner, it's already falling apart, and heading for the ground so fast, you couldn't have a safe deployment of the passengers.

As long as they keep doing forced landings in one piece with no fatalities do we need ejection seats?

When the real finish of the Dr1 is looked at you can sort've see why everyone opts for straight red, the factory finish on the Dr1's was definately more streaky and colourful then olive drab and not easy to replicate. I like the all black mount of Jacobsen.

Steve

So surviving a burning up WWI plane with a 'chute has a higher survival probability than an airliner in flames?
Maybe I'll have to charter the tiger moth down the pike for my next trip:D

A single crash can have alot of fatalities. How many people have died in the "few" commercial crashes? How about hijackings? Everyone could bail out leaving the terrorist in an empty plane:)

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Jest aside, the commercial airliners are pretty safe. Most major accidents and fatalities are during take-off.
Looke here: http://www2.tbo.com/content/2009/jan...8/life-travel/

I think that's a great scheme. It will look good. I like the way the streaked green is broken up by the other colors on the rear. Can't wait to see it.

Chris.