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Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

30th Jan 2015, 19:16

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BBC's Greatest Turning Points in Aviation

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Posted By joy ride

Evansb wrote: History writers strive to be...

Evansb wrote:

History writers strive to be factual. Facts are a historian's "reason d'etre".

I think your sentence should start with the word "Good" !

Sadly a lot of history is coloured or...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

30th Jan 2015, 07:55

Replies: 29

BBC's Greatest Turning Points in Aviation

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Posted By joy ride

"History" now seems to be determined by the...

"History" now seems to be determined by the nationality of those who write it. It used to hang on "who won the battle".

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

29th Jan 2015, 07:26

Replies: 29

BBC's Greatest Turning Points in Aviation

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Posted By joy ride

Despite the first B of BBC standing for British,...

Despite the first B of BBC standing for British, nowadays they seem to glean a lot of news and information from US sources, and aim their output squarely at the US. This seems to me to be a classic...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

20th Jan 2015, 13:51

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BBC's Greatest Turning Points in Aviation

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Posted By joy ride

Oops, like a lot of "Firsts" the claim should be...

Oops, like a lot of "Firsts" the claim should be fully defined ..... I should have written jet AIRLINER!

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

20th Jan 2015, 07:56

Replies: 29

BBC's Greatest Turning Points in Aviation

Views: 7,983

Posted By joy ride

Comment added to their Facepalm page! Mind...

Comment added to their Facepalm page!

Mind you, an American friend and I argued which was first, Comet or B707, his response was that Comet had some crashes so it does not count!

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