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Post by oldchopperguy on Jul 23, 2017 23:48:14 GMT -5
The P-51 escort plane was not successful until the Rolls Royce "Merlin" engine was installed. ABSOLUTELY! The magnificent P-51 Mustang wasn't even the first great American warbird that didn't cut it until receiving the "magic" of a foreign powerplant... If memory serves me, the "Brewster Buffalo" was a cool-looking pre-war fighter that almost looked "Russian". It was a complete flop, and most were sold or given to some obscure nation to get them out of inventory. The recipients repowered them with a better mill, and the little Buffalo grew teeth, giving a good showing against the enemy's more modern planes... Of course, no magic Merlin DNA attached to that one... LOL! Sometimes our national mentality eludes me... Duh... |
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Post by oldchopperguy on Jul 23, 2017 23:55:23 GMT -5
Yeah Leo, but for a nation steeped in King Arthur & Merlin etc, depending on a wizard seems pretty in-line with tradition. You ARE right! I spent a week in London, and loved the people, but Cheesh! Talk about steeped in ancient tradition! If the commoner has a problem, remedies might include burying a toad at midnight, walking backwards over a creek by a full moon, and all sorts of "things mystical". Yeah, I suppose a wizard on a ship would be pretty "normal" so long as he "kept a stiff upper-lip, and all that tommyrot"... Pip, pip gov'ner... But say what you will, those Brits can FIGHT! They NEVER give up, and THAT is MOST admirable! |
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