Talk:Aurel Vlaicu

message: This page needs followup to confirm which of the two universities in Munchen Mr. Vlaicu attended. See hidden comment in main page. --Gary D 06:54, 19 May 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: [Untitled]

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thread_title:  WikiProject class rating

message: I guess that the bill is here to show a portrait of him but is that really necessary? It seems so unrelated to the text...89.136.41.31 (talk) 09:58, 21 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Do we need the 50 lei bill in the text? 

message: And please be reasonable to admit that the Vlaicu's cowled engines, particularly that of A. Vlaicu Nr. III is a NACA cowling:  "The NACA cowling directs cool air to flow through the engine where it is routed across the motor's hottest parts, i.e. the cylinders and even more importantly, the cylinder heads."
::This shows a lack of understanding of the full effects of an NACA cowling, which doesn't just direct air around the engine, but actually boosts propulsion via the Meredith effect, and had been a development of the earlier Townend ring which had a similar effect. The cowlings used during WW1 and before completely lacked this ability (and in fact didn't fly fast enough for it to make much of a difference) and were thus not NACA cowlings, doing little more than preventing oil from spraying up into the pilots face. It was a cowling, pure and simple and doesn't need a wikilink.NiD.29 (talk) 22:15, 10 December 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[NACA cowling]] 

message: All B/W photographs are over 100 years old. The color ones are mine.  Please do not delete them en block.
#. You need to sign posts on the talk page with 4 tildas (ie: ~~~~). This is a wikipedia rule.
#. You need to indicate on each photo's page that the photos are from your private collection, and that copyright is expired. (please do this soon, before they are deleted - I would like to see some of them on here, even if the gallery was excessive)
#. You cannot simply remove tags because you disapprove of them - you need to fix the problem(s) first.
Cheers, NiD.29 (talk) 22:39, 10 December 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Old black/white photos can still be copyrighted if they have never been published or only recent published, private collection doesnt tell us anything we need (or commons do) the provenance of the image. That said most of them are not needed in the article that is why we have commons. MilborneOne (talk) 18:09, 11 December 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Old Photographs 

message: "Vlaicu III was seized and shipped to Germany, and it was last seen in 1942 at an aviation exhibition in Berlin."  C-tin C. Gheorghiu cites two Romanian Air-force officers that saw the airplane in Berlin at the said exhibition.
:: Is pretty much the authority on the Berlin aviation exhibition, and it makes no reference to the Vlaicu. A lot of aircraft over the years have been misidentified as having been there, and in this case it is likely they mistook something else for the Vlaicu.NiD.29 (talk) 23:37, 10 December 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: A photograph of it clearly at the exhibition would of course clear this up, however none of the photos I have seen (and the exhibition was extensively photographed) show the Vlaicu.NiD.29 (talk) 23:38, 10 December 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Vlaicu III shipped to Germany 

message: Vlaicu died in a plane crash. According to witnesses his plane stalled and fell to a side crashing from a height of about 10 meters.  What contributed/caused the crash is still subject to debate. Some speculated that he had a heart attack, kidney cramps, or a mechanical failure. (24.175.231.107 (talk) 18:02, 15 December 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: 97.98.78.51 Thanks for the explanation, if you can add a realiable reference then I dont have a problem with the change. MilborneOne (talk) 18:05, 1 June 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cause of death