Comments on: Great minds http://airminded.org/2006/12/10/great-minds/ Airpower and British society, 1908-1941 Sat, 20 Mar 2010 08:35:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Christine Keeler http://airminded.org/2006/12/10/great-minds/comment-page-1/#comment-16352 Christine Keeler Thu, 14 Dec 2006 05:38:40 +0000 http://airminded.org/2006/12/10/great-minds/#comment-16352 ...wherein all and sundry can coo over the classic lines and terrifying potential of the Armstrong Whitworth bomber. Germany, your fate is sealed! …wherein all and sundry can coo over the classic lines and terrifying potential of the Armstrong Whitworth bomber. Germany, your fate is sealed!

]]> By: Brett Holman http://airminded.org/2006/12/10/great-minds/comment-page-1/#comment-15906 Brett Holman Thu, 14 Dec 2006 02:34:51 +0000 http://airminded.org/2006/12/10/great-minds/#comment-15906 Well, if you're going to twist my arm then! David T. mentioned something along similar lines too, though without the added incentive of a RAF Pageant documentary ... Well, if you’re going to twist my arm then! David T. mentioned something along similar lines too, though without the added incentive of a RAF Pageant documentary …

]]> By: Nabakov http://airminded.org/2006/12/10/great-minds/comment-page-1/#comment-15199 Nabakov Wed, 13 Dec 2006 14:30:15 +0000 http://airminded.org/2006/12/10/great-minds/#comment-15199 "the dark yet sunlit" hould have read "sunlit yet shadowy" “the dark yet sunlit” hould have read
“sunlit yet shadowy”

]]> By: Nabakov http://airminded.org/2006/12/10/great-minds/comment-page-1/#comment-15197 Nabakov Wed, 13 Dec 2006 14:27:07 +0000 http://airminded.org/2006/12/10/great-minds/#comment-15197 Just in case you missed this response to your latest comment at LP., here it is again. "I was meaning to email you Brett. During my spring cleaning I came across an old video of a vintage 90 minute long docu about the 1936 RAF Hendon Pageant. B&W. Chipper clipped narration. RAF recruits marching around. A Hawker Fury squadron scramble and formation flying. Handley Page Heyfords droning over the Home counties. Mock bombing raids on fake native vilages erected on the greensward of the London Aerodome. And much more. Interested in acquiring this videotape Brett? If so, it's gonna you cost several drinks in early January and a thank you in the book you should spin off from your thesis." And I reckon Christine Keeler should perhaps join us for drinks too then as someone else who is obviously charmed, intrigued and occasionaly horrified by the dark yet sunlit promise of wings over the world. Just in case you missed this response to your latest comment at LP., here it is again.

“I was meaning to email you Brett. During my spring cleaning I came across an old video of a vintage 90 minute long docu about the 1936 RAF Hendon Pageant.

B&W. Chipper clipped narration. RAF recruits marching around. A Hawker Fury squadron scramble and formation flying. Handley Page Heyfords droning over the Home counties. Mock bombing raids on fake native vilages erected on the greensward of the London Aerodome. And much more.

Interested in acquiring this videotape Brett? If so, it’s gonna you cost several drinks in early January and a thank you in the book you should spin off from your thesis.”

And I reckon Christine Keeler should perhaps join us for drinks too then as someone else who is obviously charmed, intrigued and occasionaly horrified by the dark yet sunlit promise of wings over the world.

]]> By: Christine Keeler http://airminded.org/2006/12/10/great-minds/comment-page-1/#comment-14781 Christine Keeler Tue, 12 Dec 2006 16:06:03 +0000 http://airminded.org/2006/12/10/great-minds/#comment-14781 I know, but it's a compelling idea. Like a secret cabal of stout, do-gooding chaps in lab coats who look like any other member of the community. Sadly, though, the ninja masks are a dead giveaway. I know, but it’s a compelling idea. Like a secret cabal of stout, do-gooding chaps in lab coats who look like any other member of the community.

Sadly, though, the ninja masks are a dead giveaway.

]]> By: Brett Holman http://airminded.org/2006/12/10/great-minds/comment-page-1/#comment-14240 Brett Holman Tue, 12 Dec 2006 11:23:22 +0000 http://airminded.org/2006/12/10/great-minds/#comment-14240 Yeah, doesn't sound like Newman actually knew any scientists, does it? Still, it was a beguiling idea to some. Scientists got us into this mess, so scientists can get us out of it ... also the idea that science was above nationalism and ideology, somewhat optimistically as it turned out. Yeah, doesn’t sound like Newman actually knew any scientists, does it? Still, it was a beguiling idea to some. Scientists got us into this mess, so scientists can get us out of it … also the idea that science was above nationalism and ideology, somewhat optimistically as it turned out.

]]> By: Christine Keeler http://airminded.org/2006/12/10/great-minds/comment-page-1/#comment-13420 Christine Keeler Mon, 11 Dec 2006 16:24:35 +0000 http://airminded.org/2006/12/10/great-minds/#comment-13420 "An international league of scientists springs into action and with remarkable speed..." Sorry. I'm still rolling around the floor engulfed in laughter. “An international league of scientists springs into action and with remarkable speed…”

Sorry. I’m still rolling around the floor engulfed in laughter.

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