I was listening to the radio this morning as I was running errands, and was amused to hear this (paraphrased) in a story about Russ Turner's re-created WWI aerodrome outside Dayton, Ohio:
There weren't any other obvious mistakes I heard (it was missing any technical detail, just a nice Veteran's Day story, really), but it was funny to hear the Bowers Fly-Baby named in the same breath as WWI biplanes, and obviously grouped with them. I suppose it kind of has the look in the Bi-Baby configuration, and if you ignore the shape of the engine cowling.
It was definitely cool to hear biplanes in the news, and it was a nice memorial to some vets who have largely passed out of the general public's consciousness.
https://www.npr.org/2018/11/12/666870952/wwi-airstrip-replicated-in-southwest-ohio-honors-veterans
Sitting on the airfield are planes with names like Fokker, Sopwith, [a few others] and Bowers Fly-Baby.
There weren't any other obvious mistakes I heard (it was missing any technical detail, just a nice Veteran's Day story, really), but it was funny to hear the Bowers Fly-Baby named in the same breath as WWI biplanes, and obviously grouped with them. I suppose it kind of has the look in the Bi-Baby configuration, and if you ignore the shape of the engine cowling.
It was definitely cool to hear biplanes in the news, and it was a nice memorial to some vets who have largely passed out of the general public's consciousness.
https://www.npr.org/2018/11/12/666870952/wwi-airstrip-replicated-in-southwest-ohio-honors-veterans