Greg Boeser
2nd Lieutenant
Thank God I'm not on farcebook!
History according to random people...
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fubar57
General
I had it for about 10 minutes and then deleted my account
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GrauGeist
Generalfeldmarschall zur Luftschiff Abteilung
That clickbait gem pops up in other sites, too.
The main thing, is that the Nevada never made it out. She got underway but the Japanese caught her as she made a run to sea - the acting skipper ran her aground at hospital point to prevent the ship from sinking in the channel.
Only a couple ships made it out of the harbor during the attack, none were capital warships.
The main thing, is that the Nevada never made it out. She got underway but the Japanese caught her as she made a run to sea - the acting skipper ran her aground at hospital point to prevent the ship from sinking in the channel.
Only a couple ships made it out of the harbor during the attack, none were capital warships.
It suddenly sank because she was used for target practice for naval gunfire. Not much mystery in that.This clickable gem keeps circulating around Facebook and is ridiculously misleading:
"The USS Nevada was the only military ship to make it out of Pearl Harbor intact, so experts couldn't ever figure out why it suddenly sank in 1948. New evidence from the ocean floor, however, is finally putting the puzzle to rest."
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Some of the comments on the post are even worse!
MiTasol
1st Lieutenant
This clickable gem keeps circulating around Facebook and is ridiculously misleading:
"The USS Nevada was the only military ship to make it out of Pearl Harbor intact, so experts couldn't ever figure out why it suddenly sank in 1948. New evidence from the ocean floor, however, is finally putting the puzzle to rest."
Some of the comments on the post are even worse!
What else would you expect on Farcebook
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GrauGeist
Generalfeldmarschall zur Luftschiff Abteilung
These clickbait articles are typically found on websites like Bored Panda, NY Post and so on.
The article about the USS Nevada is from a site called "Social Entrepreneur".
Greg Boeser
2nd Lieutenant
Damn! I was betting on aliens.
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That's just what they want you to think! Dig deeper! The truth is out there!
[cue music from The X-Files]
"The Pros & Cons Of Twin-Boom Aircraft" The Pros & Cons Of Twin-Boom Aircraft
-One might think that a website named "Simple Flying" would have some accuracy in aviation related articles. But... :
"Of course, a classic example of twin-boom military aircraft was the de Havilland Mosquito." (They even have a photo of a Mosquito but it is cropped to not show the twin booms.)
"The Vickers Warwick was a British heavy bomber and transport aircraft during World War II. It had a twin-boom design, with the tail assembly mounted between the booms."
-Well, they got the P-38 and Cessna 337 right.
-One might think that a website named "Simple Flying" would have some accuracy in aviation related articles. But... :
"Of course, a classic example of twin-boom military aircraft was the de Havilland Mosquito." (They even have a photo of a Mosquito but it is cropped to not show the twin booms.)
"The Vickers Warwick was a British heavy bomber and transport aircraft during World War II. It had a twin-boom design, with the tail assembly mounted between the booms."
-Well, they got the P-38 and Cessna 337 right.
They forgot about the G-1?
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GrauGeist
Generalfeldmarschall zur Luftschiff Abteilung
SaparotRob
Unter Gemeine Geschwader Murmeltier XIII
What?
Shortround6
Major General
It must be true if it on the internet 
MiTasol
1st Lieutenant
Yep, Abe Lincoln said so
Well he would know, always keen on aviation was Abe, thats how he got the job with Avro.
Njaco
The Pop-Tart Whisperer
If an airplane went beyond Mach 1, could it be called a twin 'boom'?
Now you're claiming the mosquito could go faster than Mach 1
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GrauGeist
Generalfeldmarschall zur Luftschiff Abteilung
Well, if I remember right, boom is "tree" in Dutch, so the G.1 was "two trees"?Now you're claiming the mosquito could go faster than Mach 1
Ah, that's what they mean with the wooden mosquito. It was made of wood, right, so they must have used 2 trees.Well, if I remember right, boom is "tree" in Dutch, so the G.1 was "two trees"?
