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My Fellow Crew-sians, I just finished reading a darn good book about the early days of the RAF in WW I. I thought it might be nice to share it with anyone else who likes that kind of thing. Tally ho mates, Hun in the sun, bloody heck, etc.
So here’s my proposal I will send the book to the first person who sends me a PM with his mailing address. I will print off the address of every other responder and place them in the book too. I’ll give it a week or so before I send it out (assuming anyone responds). Oh, only the other interested parties will see the addresses.
As one person finishes the book, he sends it along (perhaps with a comment) to the next person, and so on till the end. Kind of like a chain letter but without the dire consequences for breaking the chain. I expect it might take a while for this thing to circulate – but if you’re like me, you love surprises.
This is a note from the book: “At this period of the war the official name for the aircraft’s propeller was “airscrew”, but later the term “propeller” was re-adopted, following a typist’s error that ordered fifty air-crew to report to a certain station which had plenty of pilots but no airscrews. The fate of the typist is not known, but it is likely that he was swiftly promoted to Group Captain is accordance with traditional military procedure.”
FWIW the last half-dozen pages are riveting.
See attached.
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I've read that book Ray, it is quite interesting and has a lot of good information about that era of aviation when just about everything was done for the first time (and often with no experimentation prior). Kudos to those very brave pilots for strapping themselves into those planes and pushing them to it's limits and beyond.
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Crikey! Who knew some of youse guys could read! Jack, Patrick, Chuck, and even Vic. (If you have trouble with big wurds, just PM me and I'll explain in little ones.)
Hey don't youse ever sleep?
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Right on Raymond, got the book yesterday and already have it half read. It might be a good idea for future readers to have a British-American translation dictionary. Wonderful book....
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Jack is right Patrick, you'll need more than a dictionary to translate some of the terms used in this book. Hey, maybe we can ask Stewart for some help with the bloody tough ones, hey?
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I read about anything I can get about the WW1 air war as well as WW2, but that title is new to me. BTW, if that is a WW1 book why is the cover art about WW2 and the battle of Britain?
Whatever. Can I still get on the list?
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I read about anything I can get about the WW1 air war as well as WW2, but that title is new to me. BTW, if that is a WW1 book why is the cover art about WW2 and the battle of Britain?
Whatever. Can I still get on the list?
Well, all I can say is Raymond is getting old and feeble and with shaking hands he typed "WWI" instead of "WWII". The book is clearly about the battle of Britain, not WWI. PM me and I will put your address on the list before I send the book on to the next person Monday.
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GOOD GRIEF! WWI Battle of Britain instead of WWII for goodness sake! All I can say in my defence is that my lapses are getting more frequent - and I rely too heavily on spell-checker.
As for adding a name to the list, I think its a fine idea. I think Vic is the last (but not least) name on the list. Why don't you PM him with your US Mail address.
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The book is clearly about the battle of Britain, not WWI. PM me and I will put your address on the list before I send the book on to the next person Monday.