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Regarding that revert: of course it is more "accurate", but one can in fact overdo accuracy at the expense of readability, and I strongly feel that this is the case here. Can we expect anyone to read up two different facts in four consecutive pages of a book? I think we can. Doing it otherwise leaves a reader of average intelligence with a feeling of "how illiterate do they think I am"? -- Theoprakt ( talk) 21:02, 19 December 2009 (UTC)
Is there any verifiable or definitive source that identifies the exact name of the aircraft? FWiW Bzuk ( talk) 13:46, 21 December 2009 (UTC).
Hello everybody... sorry, I think there's a problem in the "Specifications" section: it is stated that the length of the Bullet was 26 ft (6.40 m), but 26 ft is not 6.40 m. I wondered which of the two figures is correct. 26 ft would be 7.92 m, while 6.40 m would be 21 ft. I added a "clarification needed" template in the article. Thanks for any help, -- MLWatts ( talk) 08:30, 4 September 2011 (UTC)
"After a second aircraft was supposedly built, called the Red Bird, later modified into the Red Bird II"
http://www.aerospaceweb.org/question/history/q0038.shtml treats it as confirmed (as opposed to his 1908 flight). http://www.virginiamemory.com/blogs/out_of_the_box/2011/12/21/mr-christmas-and-his-flights-of-fancy-2/ says there's no evidence of the plane.
I would have thought it would be easy to check the patent records at least to see if he actually patented it, even if that doesn't confirm whether he actually built the thing? AkaSylvia ( talk) 09:59, 14 September 2012 (UTC)
Under operational history: "Despite the crash, Christmas placed an Valspar ad in Flying Magazine". should it be "a Valspar ad"? and/or what does a varnish company have to do with this? 71.208.46.9 ( talk) 04:25, 13 April 2013 (UTC)
Was he ever charged with fraud, and/or contributing to the death of two pilots? Look at that photo and you can see that over 50 mph would be ridiculous. How could he convince a pilot to try it out? 71.208.46.9 ( talk) 04:38, 13 April 2013 (UTC)
Can these clearly non-rigid wings really be considered cantilever? — Red XIV ( talk) 21:05, 20 April 2023 (UTC)
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Regarding that revert: of course it is more "accurate", but one can in fact overdo accuracy at the expense of readability, and I strongly feel that this is the case here. Can we expect anyone to read up two different facts in four consecutive pages of a book? I think we can. Doing it otherwise leaves a reader of average intelligence with a feeling of "how illiterate do they think I am"? -- Theoprakt ( talk) 21:02, 19 December 2009 (UTC)
Is there any verifiable or definitive source that identifies the exact name of the aircraft? FWiW Bzuk ( talk) 13:46, 21 December 2009 (UTC).
Hello everybody... sorry, I think there's a problem in the "Specifications" section: it is stated that the length of the Bullet was 26 ft (6.40 m), but 26 ft is not 6.40 m. I wondered which of the two figures is correct. 26 ft would be 7.92 m, while 6.40 m would be 21 ft. I added a "clarification needed" template in the article. Thanks for any help, -- MLWatts ( talk) 08:30, 4 September 2011 (UTC)
"After a second aircraft was supposedly built, called the Red Bird, later modified into the Red Bird II"
http://www.aerospaceweb.org/question/history/q0038.shtml treats it as confirmed (as opposed to his 1908 flight). http://www.virginiamemory.com/blogs/out_of_the_box/2011/12/21/mr-christmas-and-his-flights-of-fancy-2/ says there's no evidence of the plane.
I would have thought it would be easy to check the patent records at least to see if he actually patented it, even if that doesn't confirm whether he actually built the thing? AkaSylvia ( talk) 09:59, 14 September 2012 (UTC)
Under operational history: "Despite the crash, Christmas placed an Valspar ad in Flying Magazine". should it be "a Valspar ad"? and/or what does a varnish company have to do with this? 71.208.46.9 ( talk) 04:25, 13 April 2013 (UTC)
Was he ever charged with fraud, and/or contributing to the death of two pilots? Look at that photo and you can see that over 50 mph would be ridiculous. How could he convince a pilot to try it out? 71.208.46.9 ( talk) 04:38, 13 April 2013 (UTC)
Can these clearly non-rigid wings really be considered cantilever? — Red XIV ( talk) 21:05, 20 April 2023 (UTC)