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Re: Do you think aviation magazines are biased?

Posted by Tony Chambers on Wed Jul 31, 2002 09:40:41 AM

In reply top Re: Do you think aviation magazines are biased? posted by Cees on Wed Jul 31, 2002 09:16:09 AM

"The reason I posted it was because over the years I regularly notice in FlyPast that they hang on to the myth that the RAF for instance used the very superior Spitfire and Lancaster, and the Hurricane, Stirling and Halifax (especially that one for me of course) were also rans.

I get annoyed when reading again and again that the Lancaster was the best aircraft they had and just forget or do not give give the same attention to the other types such as the workhorse Whitley etc. IMHO they keep the stereotypes alive."

Cees,
Do you think that this is because relatively speaking, there are larger numbers of Spitfires and Lancasters still in existance,and the same could said for the Mustang and B-17.

The B-24 was possibly a better aircraft than the B-17 (where is my flak jacket) but is also over looked.

Is it possible that the press will change they ways when similar numbers of Hurricanes' to Spitfires', P-40 to Mustangs etc, exist.

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