tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post8503386323665427471..comments2024-03-28T12:28:49.901-07:00Comments on Chant du Départ: When Men were MenOldAFSargehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comBlogger51125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-70330258225024744982019-01-08T18:22:02.602-08:002019-01-08T18:22:02.602-08:00I remember the 'instrumentation'in the SPA...I remember the 'instrumentation'in the SPAD consisted of a ball hanging from a bit of string attached to the upper wing. It was the turn and bank indicator.HMS Defianthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10024721130102173694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-49695636766286991152019-01-08T18:21:02.272-08:002019-01-08T18:21:02.272-08:00Absolutely!Absolutely!HMS Defianthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10024721130102173694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-24811388640595616522019-01-08T14:08:46.269-08:002019-01-08T14:08:46.269-08:00I was a bit despondent that I had missed the Decem...I was a bit despondent that I had missed the December screenings of They Shall Not Grow Old - a friend who's a serious history buff (esp. Civil War, WWI and WWII) had told me not to miss it and that it was worth every penny to see it in the theater - and to make sure to stay through the credits since there was about another half hour of film on how they did the restoration, colorisation, adding sound, etc. They even looked at the unit insignia in the film and recruited people from those areas to provide the dialog in an authentic accent. So I am happy to see that they will have another set of showings on Jan 21 - I plan not to miss it this time!Tom in NChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03576958446243001152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-51652720199000333592019-01-08T08:15:29.694-08:002019-01-08T08:15:29.694-08:00Well, if you were sitting in a hydrogen gas filled...Well, if you were sitting in a hydrogen gas filled bag a couple of hundred feet in the air, without any way to get down (and away from the debris) easily, I'd think you'd want something to shoot back with, no matter how ineffective. Somewhat like Stumpy with the scattergun in "Rio Bravo".juvathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09096708575138552532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-73709138422680386142019-01-08T08:03:18.378-08:002019-01-08T08:03:18.378-08:00Mine is a Timex Expedition. The face tells me the...Mine is a Timex Expedition. The face tells me the Day, Date and Time. I also use the Alarm function. That's about all I need.juvathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09096708575138552532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-23554518589171499082019-01-08T08:00:05.447-08:002019-01-08T08:00:05.447-08:00Well then.....Well then.....juvathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09096708575138552532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-15416994694853765752019-01-08T07:59:22.693-08:002019-01-08T07:59:22.693-08:00Given the number and variety of his injuries, he m...Given the number and variety of his injuries, he may very well have HAD it shot off.juvathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09096708575138552532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-59966001512860734672019-01-08T01:16:57.655-08:002019-01-08T01:16:57.655-08:00True, I do have a military background and I also c...True, I do have a military background and I also carry a pocket watch, but as I am not, nor have I ever been, a fighter pilot, mine is of a size to fit in the watch pocket of my 501 Levis. Rather plain it is too; having only three hands and a window to show the date of the month.<br /><br />Paul Paul L. Quandthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11734944159912671900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-18093128915554784832019-01-07T19:30:06.998-08:002019-01-07T19:30:06.998-08:00Many balloons were armed, at least with personal w...Many balloons were armed, at least with personal weapons. A rifle will kill you pretty easily.Beanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15293778848879361153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-60779032333681705422019-01-07T19:08:49.844-08:002019-01-07T19:08:49.844-08:00Yep, prototype fighter pilot... I wonder how many ...Yep, prototype fighter pilot... I wonder how many times he shot his watch off? :-)Old NFOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16404197287935017147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-58056902507838282222019-01-07T16:39:02.481-08:002019-01-07T16:39:02.481-08:00Good enough for yours truly!Good enough for yours truly!OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-74697752282448876102019-01-07T15:21:38.922-08:002019-01-07T15:21:38.922-08:00Good points, all, Suz!Good points, all, Suz!juvathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09096708575138552532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-21315457832310068332019-01-07T14:47:46.742-08:002019-01-07T14:47:46.742-08:00No one had antibiotics either in or out of the hos...No one had antibiotics either in or out of the hospital in the first world war...they didn't come along until 1928 or so...long after WWI was over. During WWI all sorts of herbal preparations were used, garlic poultices were about as good as it got. Lots of folks died of infection, as well as the mustard gas. The fact that Lt Nungesser survived as much damage as he did says a lot about how stubborn he really was. Suzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07117433684554337583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-50267321772531509952019-01-07T11:57:10.126-08:002019-01-07T11:57:10.126-08:00You're right about that. It would take at lea...You're right about that. It would take at least twice as long, and involve a considerable amount of cussing at them. And probably still couldn't be done.juvathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09096708575138552532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-51195855943116851332019-01-07T11:55:15.206-08:002019-01-07T11:55:15.206-08:00Well, apparently there was a bit of bureaucracy ba...Well, apparently there was a bit of bureaucracy back in the day also. He had been disciplined several times for breaking flying rules. Still, 43 kills speaks for themselves.juvathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09096708575138552532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-4835696320716477372019-01-07T11:53:54.793-08:002019-01-07T11:53:54.793-08:00The 94th Aero Squadron is still in existence, albe...The 94th Aero Squadron is still in existence, albeit as the 94th Fighter Squadron and flies the F-22. I know they've done Heritage flybys with P-51s and F-22s, I wonder if they could do one with Spads. Probably not, top speed of the Spad was 135. The AOA of an F-22 maintaining level flight at that speed would be off the charts. Would be nice to see them both side by side on the ground though.juvathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09096708575138552532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-38669972985188165982019-01-07T11:49:10.997-08:002019-01-07T11:49:10.997-08:00A couple of those pronunciations of his name in th...A couple of those pronunciations of his name in the French List, were unrecognizable to me. I picked the one I could get closest to phonecticaly arrange it in Englishjuvathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09096708575138552532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-58731105847961564172019-01-07T11:47:41.279-08:002019-01-07T11:47:41.279-08:00Your analogy makes my point. One might sink a shi...Your analogy makes my point. One might sink a ship with an airplane, it happened all the time in the second war. One might also even paint a ship's silhouette on the side of the aircraft. Doesn't make one an ace.juvathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09096708575138552532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-17558357564112052712019-01-07T11:45:11.244-08:002019-01-07T11:45:11.244-08:00I even got that translation correct without Google...I even got that translation correct without Google's help.juvathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09096708575138552532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-19521185554554284682019-01-07T11:43:11.311-08:002019-01-07T11:43:11.311-08:00Hospitals have never been a sought after place for...Hospitals have never been a sought after place for fighter pilots. In those days, being injured and in one was only slightly better than being injured and not in one.juvathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09096708575138552532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-14797202063539385822019-01-07T11:42:01.356-08:002019-01-07T11:42:01.356-08:00Danny Kay....You're right. I thought he looke...Danny Kay....You're right. I thought he looked familiar having just watched "White Christmas" in the last month or so, but just thought I'd seen a picture of Lt Nungesser.juvathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09096708575138552532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-41371870529062867542019-01-07T10:58:52.147-08:002019-01-07T10:58:52.147-08:00Amazing what one can do when you aren't shackl...Amazing what one can do when you aren't shackled with GMT requirements, bureaucracy, diversity training, and the like! Tunahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04930237104692982421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-3738899835206791542019-01-07T10:48:30.723-08:002019-01-07T10:48:30.723-08:00Tout dépend d'où vous venez en France.
Capisc...<i>Tout dépend d'où vous venez en France.<br /><br />Capisci?</i><br /><br />OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-81380969304441045342019-01-07T09:54:14.457-08:002019-01-07T09:54:14.457-08:00Spent years growing up with him and Lufbery and Ri...Spent years growing up with him and Lufbery and Rickenbacker. In Carlisle the books on the shelves at my mother's parent's home came in waves. There were the adventure and WWI books including E. R Burroughs and Mars, Venus, Tarzan, plus everything about WWI flying. Then there were the Fighting Five and a solid nod to the submarines of WWI and WWII and even the first submarinea like Turtle. It's kind of sad that nobody younger than me has any idea when and where WWI was fought and probably couldn't tell you anything about WWII that they didn't see in Saving Private Ryan.<br />Thanks for the post. It took me back to the early days of reading about the Lafayette Escadrille. I used to enjoy going to the 94th Aero Squadron at Montgomery Field in San Diego. It spoke volumes about the war to end all wars and also had some amazingly good food, all you can eat, Sunday Brunch.HMS Defianthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10024721130102173694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-21285489075556216792019-01-07T09:35:20.146-08:002019-01-07T09:35:20.146-08:00I would have thought his name was pronounced "...I would have thought his name was pronounced "nun-gooeys-seyr" where the 'y' is kinda silentish modifying the slide between the vowel and following consonant with a slurish slide. <br /><br />Nice try, though. <br /><br />The French planes of WWI are usually such pretty aircraft.Beanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15293778848879361153noreply@blogger.com