14:2214:22, 22 April 2021diffhist+202
Miss Macao
Doesnt even mention that the plan crashed, and makes it sound like the pilot jumped out after he was shot, not Wong Yu.
14:0214:02, 22 April 2021diffhist+34
United Airlines Flight 232
Saying it is called the 'RAT' without ever saying it is officially a ram air turbine is just confusing, and I think people are familiar enough with the concept of a wind turbine that calling it a 'propeller' is unnecessary and incorrect.
13:2413:24, 22 April 2021diffhist+45
Ilyushin Il-62
Spoilers are not 'air brakes', they disrupt lift to either serve in the same capacity as ailerons (not 'as ailerons'), or to allow the aircraft to settle swiftly to the runway and to increase braking traction on the wheels. Air brakes act to slow the plane down, spoilers act to kill off lift. Flaperons and elevons act 'as ailerons', spoilers are an alternate method of controlling roll instead of or in conjunction with ailerons.
13:1213:12, 22 April 2021diffhist+318
M10 tank destroyer
Names like Sherman, Priest, Stuart are not "nicknames", they were part of an official British system of designation. "Tommy cooker" is a nickname, "Sherman" is not (although US troops rarely used that name at all). The British "nickname" Achilles is exactly in keeping with their system of designating SPGs with "A" names. Achilles, Archer, Alecto. Again not a "nickname".
13:0313:03, 22 April 2021diffhist−41
Axial compressor
Why would the poor efficiency of early axials mean that jet engine were considered impossible to build, when the centrifugal compressor also existed? Either it was ALL early compressors, of ALL types lacked efficiency, or they had doubts about the feasibility of axial-type turbojets specifically, not turbo jets in particular. , not
11:5111:51, 22 April 2021diffhist+73
Axial compressor
Assuming 'aerospace engines' means turbopumps for liquid fuel rockets, since jet engines are already mentioned on the list.