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Hello, just thought you might find it amusing to know you now have a homonymous article at Catsmeat, redirect to Catsmeat Potter-Pirbright. Cheers. — Komusou ^talk @ 10:23, 24 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

You seem to be lonely over here... or are you deleting your mail? I liked your recent article. Engineers don't feature enough. So the hook below should be on the front page in next 4-6 days. Did you know...

• ...that amphibious tanks which were used on D-Day were developed by Nicholas Straussler from Hungary? by Catsmeat OK? Victuallers (talk) 09:58, 14 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

On 17 January, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Nicholas Straussler, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

I second that it's good to see an engineering article on DYK. --Royalbroil 00:36, 17 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Hi, not sure how to edit your submission on Hobarts Funnies, but was doing a bit of research on Canadian RAM tanks, and came across a photo at http://www.ramtank.ca/ram_experiments.htm, this has a photo of a RAM tank fitted out as a BARV (definetly a RAM, its got the nice little induction inlets that replaced the side doors), so at least one must have been produced in Canada for training (much the Australian M3 BARV), 94.14.91.135 (talk) 22:45, 28 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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I have just discovered that three of us are working simlutaenously on an article on the Disney bomb. You, me and User:Afernand74 (User:Afernand74/sandbox 6). Mine is nowhere near as good as either of yours but I think you two should ccompare notes. GraemeLeggett (talk) 10:35, 9 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for pointing that out. I suggest to work on one single page. I will merge my article with Catsmeat's one and delete mine afterwards. --Alberto Fernandez Fernandez (talk) 11:05, 9 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

GA is a good starting point. ;-) Let's try to make it A-class... --Alberto Fernandez Fernandez (talk) 13:05, 11 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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I've taken the fair use rationale you had supplied at the time and made it clearer. I suggest you move the article to Disney bomb (or Disney Bomb) then the image can be relinked making it no longer an orphan. GraemeLeggett (talk) 12:36, 10 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Had a thought - if the system won't let you move the article to "Disney bomb" because of the edit history at that article name, you can either 1) move to "Disney Bomb" to get the article out there and sort out a pagemove later, or 2) we cna find an admin to do the move for you. A note on the milhist project should bring one out of the woodwork. GraemeLeggett (talk) 12:56, 10 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Please move the article to main space. Credits for the article should be yours. Alberto Fernandez Fernandez (talk) 13:40, 10 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

On 22 June 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Disney bomb, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the Disney bomb of the Second World War is thought to have been inspired by the Walt Disney cartoon Victory Through Air Power? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

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Thanks for writing and researching that paragraph on his wartime career.--Toddy1 (talk) 08:15, 29 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I noticed you restored the dead link. I still can't get the document to open. I don't think the link is necessary, since I can source it anyway, and I'm planning to upgrade this article to GA/FA eventually, so it needs to be sorted. How can you get it to open , when I can't (tried Chrome and Firefox)? Jimfbleak - talk to me? 21:27, 5 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, the pages opened fine from the links on my talk. I'm tempted to put these in External Links. They are interesting, but redundant, and might be challenged in the main text as not RS at FAC. FAC is months away, I've barely started, and I need to go and take some pics too, so no rush to decide. Jimfbleak - talk to me? 06:14, 6 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hi again, thanks for the SS Vina bit. Two queries.

• What does +1944" mean?
• The newspaper refs are clearly RS. What about wrecks.org? If it's challenged when this eventually goes to FAC, how do I justify it as RS?

thanks again Jimfbleak - talk to me? 19:13, 15 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I used local history groups quite a bit in my last FA, so they're OK, but this is one step removed. I'll leave it until FAC; if it's challenged, I think that your other two refs and my existing (print) ref 4 cover it anyway. Thanks again Jimfbleak - talk to me? 06:27, 17 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for Vina pic. I'm about to start the road to GA/FA. As I indicated before, one, possibly two, refs may be challenged, but I#ll worry about that when/if it happens Jimfbleak - talk to me? 07:30, 21 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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I chucked a rely on your dirrection.©Geni 19:46, 9 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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I'll try. I've got bits and pieces but nothing specific. Dapi89 (talk) 16:49, 21 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Good evening,

Have a look-see. Need a little more on the early life and a clean up but on track for an easy G.A methinks. Dapi89 (talk) 18:44, 23 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Evening,

I'm scrapping the bottom of the barrel now with the sources I have. Have you anything else? I'm tempted to submit it for G.A now and just see what happens. Dapi89 (talk) 19:08, 1 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Oh dear. Sounds like an aunt and uncle of mine. Good work on finding the Wrk Nr of the Do 17. I don't think I had that, even though I did get the Dornier Do 17 article to G.A several years back. I have all the Chris Goss books you see (I used him in both articles in relation to this machine), but I don't think that was mentioned. I'll dig for it. Dapi89 (talk) 18:27, 2 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

It was passed as G.A—FYA. Dapi89 (talk) 19:09, 2 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Okay, thanks. I have gather some stuff on Noel Agazarian. I belif I have a full list of his claims. I might give it a go but it will have to wait in line. Some of the more prominent aces will come first. Cheers. Dapi89 (talk) 18:38, 7 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Did you know... that when a researcher discovered government documents about him and tracked him down, that he had just died only a year before.

Thanks, I like to saw logs! (talk) 09:19, 3 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

It's about done. Do you have a hook? I like to saw logs! (talk) 10:25, 4 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

it's nominated. My hooks may be too long. We'll see I like to saw logs! (talk) 09:16, 5 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Also, here is a picture of Albert: http://www.fas.org/sgp/othergov/doe/lanl/pubs/00326640.pdf Look at page 2 of the PDF. This is a photostat of Welsome's newpaper article reprint, which was published in 1993. I don't think that it is available on the web anywhere. Welsome's book is, and surely the book has a picture of Albert since the newspaper article did. I like to saw logs! (talk) 09:21, 5 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Just looked at your addition to the Terrapin article and viewed the movie. The "Aquacheetah" seems to be something in size between the DUKW and the amphibious jeep - do you know of its official name? GraemeLeggett (talk) 11:58, 8 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I just had a bit of luck with "aqua cheetah amphibious vehicle" as search term. 3/4 Ton 4x4 Amphibian Aqua-cheetah by the Amphibian Car Corporation. With G-number G552. But still a bloody obscure vehicle. GraemeLeggett (talk) 20:18, 8 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for finally putting that info on the dietary experiments into context. It was in there when I did a major rewriting of the article, and it kind of stuck out like a sore thumb but I was reluctant to get rid of it. Good job!Drow69 (talk) 18:31, 14 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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I'm hoping that you can help me with some research on James Pratt and John Smith. I feel as though I have reached a standstill and, since you have made significant changes to that page, was hoping you could lead me in the right direction. Is there a good way to contact you other than here?

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Thanks for the interesting add re this. I didn't know Buffs had one -- I was stationed on Guam (USN) during the Vietnam war, and there was certainly no shortage of 52s up at Anderson AFB....

Do any of the remaning 52s still have gun turrets? Cheers, Pete Tillman (talk) 20:03, 1 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Many thanks for that. Although is it possible the individual simply chose a coincidental username on elance? I don't see any direct links to my wikipedia profile.Catsmeat (talk) 21:41, 15 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

No they weren't that bold. But the bio details somewhat match what's on your userpage. Specifically UK identified, and >10 year Wikipedian. It seems unlikely to be a coincidence. Brianhe (talk) 21:51, 15 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Hello, due to your huge input on the Roberta Cowell page I thought it might interest you to know that a production company have just finished filming a documentary on her and in particular her relationship with Michael Dillon. There will be an interview with one of Betty's daughters (my mother) in the Telegraph on the 24th of this month with the documentary to be aired on Channel 4 shortly thereafter. There's plenty of recently rediscovered information about Betty which I think will add greatly to the article in time. I think there will be a renewed interest in her story and as such an increase in edits of her wiki page - AL_LOCKE|^talk 21:52, 7 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for that. I let the article on her drop a few years ago and my attention was taken by other things because I ran out of information sources I could easily access, unfortunately this was before I'd filled all the holes in the article I really wanted to fill.Catsmeat (talk) 22:54, 7 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Just wanted to say I enjoyed reading your interests on your user page. Mine however is very sparse in comparison... I am not really note worthy enough for folks to visit. Eoinho (talk) 15:06, 25 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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I am curious about how you got the idea that an airplane cannot glide (maintains adequate speed to prevent a stall, by using the force of gravity instead of engine power) if its engine(s) are still operating? [[1]]

FYI, airline pilots make regular use of the gliding mode during their descents, by pulling engine thrust back to inflight-idle thrust and then utilizing the power of gravity to keep the IAS safely above the stalling speed for any given weight and altitude. There really isn't any significant difference in an airliner maintaining adequate safe airspeed during a descent via the force of gravity, with engines still running or with them not running. About all one can say is that if the engines are running in idle mode, during the descent, the plane might be able to glide a bit further than with no engines running at all. But, it is still "gliding" if the main source of safe airspeed is gravity, rather than engine thrust. Thank you. EditorASC (talk) 22:38, 26 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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