http://airminded.org/2010/03/13/something-like-a-railway-carriage/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=something-like-a-railway-carriage Airpower and British society, 1908-1941 Fri, 25 May 2012 16:07:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://airminded.org/2010/03/13/something-like-a-railway-carriage/comment-page-1/#comment-157707 Airminded · Mystery aircraft of the Scareship Age Thu, 21 Apr 2011 13:54:17 +0000 http://airminded.org/?p=3682#comment-157707 [...] 1916, Britain: a German airship [...] [...] 1916, Britain: a German airship [...]

]]> http://airminded.org/2010/03/13/something-like-a-railway-carriage/comment-page-1/#comment-133166 Brett Holman Sun, 14 Mar 2010 05:04:04 +0000 http://airminded.org/?p=3682#comment-133166 Some type of electrical phenomenon, perhaps -- better knowledge of the local weather conditions might help there. A meteor wouldn't work, given that the whatever-it-was climbed up into the sky, which meteors don't do. Some type of electrical phenomenon, perhaps -- better knowledge of the local weather conditions might help there. A meteor wouldn't work, given that the whatever-it-was climbed up into the sky, which meteors don't do.

]]> http://airminded.org/2010/03/13/something-like-a-railway-carriage/comment-page-1/#comment-133082 Avinash Machado Sat, 13 Mar 2010 13:50:53 +0000 http://airminded.org/?p=3682#comment-133082 Could it have been a meteor or some natural phenomena? Could it have been a meteor or some natural phenomena?

]]> http://airminded.org/2010/03/13/something-like-a-railway-carriage/comment-page-1/#comment-133048 Brett Holman Sat, 13 Mar 2010 06:08:16 +0000 http://airminded.org/?p=3682#comment-133048 No, I'm not surprised that the report would be missing either, but as I say Cole and Cheesman seem to have had access to it seventy years later, and if it survived that long then it might have survived another twenty-five. Somewhere. I doubt that Morris would have exaggerated/made up this quote, as his is not a sensational approach at all, and I can't see why he'd want to do this anyway when there was plenty of authentic devil-may-care flying foolery for him to write about. No, I'm not surprised that the report would be missing either, but as I say Cole and Cheesman seem to have had access to it seventy years later, and if it survived that long then it might have survived another twenty-five. Somewhere. I doubt that Morris would have exaggerated/made up this quote, as his is not a sensational approach at all, and I can't see why he'd want to do this anyway when there was plenty of authentic devil-may-care flying foolery for him to write about.

]]> http://airminded.org/2010/03/13/something-like-a-railway-carriage/comment-page-1/#comment-133035 Christopher Amano-Langtree Sat, 13 Mar 2010 01:18:29 +0000 http://airminded.org/?p=3682#comment-133035 I would go with the Zepplin explanation - the lit up windows could be explained by the need to repair the craft and the sudden rise by the successful completion of the repairs. I am not too surprised that the original report is missing. Over time these things do disappear. One often comes across references to documents which have got lost or been destroyed but were available to earlier historians. Of course the possibility exists that the quote was 'enhanced' or even made up and this is more common than supposed. Erik's suggestion also has considerable merit. I would go with the Zepplin explanation - the lit up windows could be explained by the need to repair the craft and the sudden rise by the successful completion of the repairs. I am not too surprised that the original report is missing. Over time these things do disappear. One often comes across references to documents which have got lost or been destroyed but were available to earlier historians. Of course the possibility exists that the quote was 'enhanced' or even made up and this is more common than supposed. Erik's suggestion also has considerable merit.

]]> http://airminded.org/2010/03/13/something-like-a-railway-carriage/comment-page-1/#comment-133000 Erik Lund Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:05:23 +0000 http://airminded.org/?p=3682#comment-133000 I'm going to go with: "no-one had a clue what was going on, where they were looking, or what they were seeing. They were all just trying to not die." I'm going to go with: "no-one had a clue what was going on, where they were looking, or what they were seeing. They were all just trying to not die."

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