A fact from Vickers Type 161 appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 17 May 2009 ( check views). The text of the entry was as follows: Did you know... that the 1931 Vickers Type 161 may have been the first aircraft to be fitted with in-flight adjustable elevator trims? A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2009/May.

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I stumbled across this article and thought it was a great piece of instant article creation, so I've nominated it to appear on Did You Know on the front page here. Top work, Bigger digger ( talk) 21:22, 12 May 2009 (UTC) reply

The article ends - "no more was heard of the aerial COW gun." - Not true, although there were no more uses for fighters the COW gun was used in a nose installation on the big Blackburn Perth Flying boat, not only as a trial installation but also used in service. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.36.128.58 ( talk) 13:05, 8 March 2015 (UTC) reply