Boy, Mike, agree.
I remember as a grade schooler, a National Geo tv special WAS special and generally was assigned as homework. Now they're a dime-a-dozen. Same thing with the original Cousteau specials. Love to have those on DVD. JoeG -----Original Message----- From: Mike Hungerford <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Mon, Jul 6, 2009 11:19 pm Subject: [Papermodels II 38123] Re: HO-229 1945 On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 8:00 PM, Paul McCool<[email protected]> wrote: > Joe, > > After watching the NatGeo show about the plane I too felt that they left a > lot unsaid about the design.? OK, it was fairly stealthy when complared to > the metal skinned planes of WWII, but why didn't they compare it to a > Mosquito to find out how another wood skinned plane reflected radar?? Why > didn't they address the instability issues of the early flying wings?? In a > documentary about the YB-36's, Bob Cardenas recounted how easy it was to > lose control of the airplane.? To me, the show?didn't do a very good job > of?providing the whole picture. > > Paul M. Paul, The simple answer is that even NatGeo's programs are now less about education and facts than they are about sensationalism. Unfortunately, that seems to be the only way to keep a modern audience's attention. :-/ -- Mike Hungerford http://users.sdccu.net/chthulhu2/models.html A heinous crime, a show of force, (A murder would be nice, of course ...) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Papermodels II" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Papermodels?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
