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| a425couple to Jim Wilkins |
| Re: What is the worst plane ever made?, |
| 02 May 23 09:34:27 |
XPost: rec.aviation.military, soc.history.war.misc From: a425couple@hotmail.com On 5/1/23 15:02, Jim Wilkins wrote: > "a425couple" wrote in message news:kWT3M.44278$qjm2.13301@fx09.iad... > > --------------------- > Very bad, but not the worst: > > http://www.fiddlersgreen.net/models/aircraft/Christmas-Bullet.html > "William Christmas, of Warrenton, North Carolina, was perhaps the > greatest charlatan to ever see his name associated with an airplane." > "One problem was that the doctor couldn't find a pilot. One by one they looked it over, tried the controls and walked away shaking their heads." Was this the origin of the phrase, "I've seen better ways to die than that!" --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05 * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2) |
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