Talk:Bolter (aeronautics)

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No, I don't have a reference. I thought that the origin was rather obvious, a horse running off with it's rider being unable to stop it. Regards, Ian Dunster (talk) 10:32, 4 December 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Actually, it was I that put the  tag against the horse racing comment.  The term "bolter" has a much older origin than its use in horse racing, I would think.  After all, it derives from the word "bolt" as in a cross bow bolt, or in a bolt of lightening.  Of these I would think the cross bow reference is the most likely, probably starting as "Shot off like a (crossbow) bolt" whih I am sure you can see would very quickly become "a bolter" a term which only later became used in reference to horses.  However, I do not have anything to back this up, which is why I put in the tag rather than changing the comment.  In the end, we have to follow Wikipedia's verifiabiity requirement and unless we can support our assertions with reliable references content can be removed. Nick Thorne talk 02:03, 5 December 2008 (UTC)
replies: text:  "I would think ..." Is this an admission that you don't actually KNOW, or do not have a source, for what appears to me to be no more than speculation. This is supposed to be an encyclopaedia, and therefore it's not unreasonable to expect encyclopaedic standards. You could try for a dictionary definition of bolter here:  or here  or here  or even here . As for your crossbow theory, ... well its just that ... a theory, ... unsupported by any evidence. And if I might speculate a little myself here, who is to know with any certainty that horsey terminology didn't pre-date crossbows. Horse have been around and ridden before humans invented bows and arrows. You have offered absolutely no hard evidence that the term derived from crossbows before being applied to horses. In all probability, it was used in relation to horses long before the (relatively) recent invention of the crossbow. When was that BTW? Middle Ages?  81.132.242.76 (talk) 21:04, 5 December 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: All of which may well be true, but then I did not try to insert my theory into the article, did I?  OTOH, you chose to insert your theory (quote: "I thought it was rather obvious") about the origin of the word bolter for which we are still waiting for a reliable reference.  If you cannot come up with one, I will delete the comment from the article. Nick Thorne talk 22:19, 7 December 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Well ... no, I did not insert my theory into the article. Because as the log shows, I was not the editor who made that edit. I believe it was Ian Dunster. The words are his. Altho' I can understand how some might have jumped to a false conclusion that my IP address might be Ian Dunster's. I chose to add my comments on the Talk page using an IP address, 81.132.242.76, as is my usual practice. However, given the recent difficulties over the blocking of Wikipedia contributions by anonymous IP address users in the UK, caused by the Scorpions and Virgin Killer affair, the only way I can contribute at present is by using my logged-on ID here George.Hutchinson (talk) 00:50, 10 December 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: OK, I apologise for confusing you with the original editor.  Also, I agree that my theory is just speculation - which is why I have not inserted it into the article.  In fact, unless someone does come up with a verifiable and reliable source, any comment about the origin of the term is just speculation and so comes under the ambit of the Wikipedia original research policy.  Thus, I shall remove the comment from the article.  If anyone cares enough to find a relevant source for the origin of the term, then they can add it back in, or whatever the source says. Nick Thorne talk 05:26, 10 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Origin of the word bolter 

message: This article currently says, "When an aircraft bolters on a United States Navy carrier, ...", but the Flight deck#Angled flight deck article says, "... abort the landing, accelerate, and relaunch (or "bolt") ...".  Which is the proper verb?  Does a bolter bolt or does a bolter bolter? -- Thinking of England (talk) 04:19, 12 August 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: You are correct: it's "bolter".  That's not to say that other slang isn't used.  Tradition holds that the most recent pilot to have boltered (in each squadron) has a large tailhook bolt hung from a string over his ready room chair.  It stays there as a mark of shame until the next guy bolters.E2a2j (talk) 15:40, 12 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Verb -- "bolt" or "bolter" 

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