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2012-12-14 15:15:00 UTC
From
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Havilland_Mosquito
Göring's comments
The Mosquito famously annoyed the Commander in Chief of the
Luftwaffe, Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring, when, on 20 January 1943,
the 10th anniversary of the Nazis' seizure of power, a Mosquito attack
knocked out the main Berlin broadcasting station, putting his speech off
air.
Göring complained about the high speed of the aircraft and its wooden
structure, built by a nation he considered to have large metal reserves,
while Germany had shortages of such materials and could not produce
such a design.[90]
"In 1940 I could at least fly as far as Glasgow in most of my aircraft,
but not now! It makes me furious when I see the Mosquito. I turn green
and yellow with envy. The British, who can afford aluminium better than
we can, knock together a beautiful wooden aircraft that every piano
factory over there is building, and they give it a speed which they have
now increased yet again. What do you make of that? There is nothing
the British do not have. They have the geniuses and we have the
nincompoops. After the war is over I'm going to buy a British radio set -
then at least I'll own something that has always worked."
- Hermann Göring, 1943.[91][92]
Wait a minute. A long long time ago, (and quite recently also)
this yank delt with some British cars.....
Anyone recall the Lucas jokes?
Why didn't the Germans bomb the Lucas plants during WWII?
The Germans considered Lucas an ally.
Lucas is an acronym for Loose Unsoldered Connections and Splices.
The Lucas motto: "Get home before dark."
"And the Lord said 'let there be light'...Joseph Lucas replied 'no way,
Lord, no way'."
Lucas denies having invented darkness. But they still claim "sudden,
unexpected darkness".
Lucas--inventor of the first intermittent wiper.
Lucas--inventor of the self-dimming headlamp.
The three-position Lucas switch--DIM, FLICKER and OFF. The other three
switch settings--SMOKE, SMOLDER and IGNITE.
The original anti-theft devices--Lucas Electric products.
"I've had a Lucas pacemaker for years and have never experienced any
prob..."
If Lucas made guns, wars would not start either.
Did you hear about the Lucas powered torpedo? It sank.
It's not true that Lucas, in 1947, tried to get Parliament to repeal Ohm's
Law.
They withdrew their efforts when they met too much resistance.
Why do the English drink warm beer? Lucas made the refrigerators, too.
Alexander Graham Bell invented the Telephone. Thomas Edison invented
the Light Bulb. Joseph Lucas invented the Short Circuit.
Recommended procedure before taking on a repair of Lucas equipment:
check the position of the stars, kill a chicken and walk three times
clockwise around your car chanting: "Oh mighty Prince of Darkness
protect your unworthy servant."
Lucas Factory motto, put in a good day's work then home before dark.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Havilland_Mosquito
Göring's comments
The Mosquito famously annoyed the Commander in Chief of the
Luftwaffe, Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring, when, on 20 January 1943,
the 10th anniversary of the Nazis' seizure of power, a Mosquito attack
knocked out the main Berlin broadcasting station, putting his speech off
air.
Göring complained about the high speed of the aircraft and its wooden
structure, built by a nation he considered to have large metal reserves,
while Germany had shortages of such materials and could not produce
such a design.[90]
"In 1940 I could at least fly as far as Glasgow in most of my aircraft,
but not now! It makes me furious when I see the Mosquito. I turn green
and yellow with envy. The British, who can afford aluminium better than
we can, knock together a beautiful wooden aircraft that every piano
factory over there is building, and they give it a speed which they have
now increased yet again. What do you make of that? There is nothing
the British do not have. They have the geniuses and we have the
nincompoops. After the war is over I'm going to buy a British radio set -
then at least I'll own something that has always worked."
- Hermann Göring, 1943.[91][92]
Wait a minute. A long long time ago, (and quite recently also)
this yank delt with some British cars.....
Anyone recall the Lucas jokes?
Why didn't the Germans bomb the Lucas plants during WWII?
The Germans considered Lucas an ally.
Lucas is an acronym for Loose Unsoldered Connections and Splices.
The Lucas motto: "Get home before dark."
"And the Lord said 'let there be light'...Joseph Lucas replied 'no way,
Lord, no way'."
Lucas denies having invented darkness. But they still claim "sudden,
unexpected darkness".
Lucas--inventor of the first intermittent wiper.
Lucas--inventor of the self-dimming headlamp.
The three-position Lucas switch--DIM, FLICKER and OFF. The other three
switch settings--SMOKE, SMOLDER and IGNITE.
The original anti-theft devices--Lucas Electric products.
"I've had a Lucas pacemaker for years and have never experienced any
prob..."
If Lucas made guns, wars would not start either.
Did you hear about the Lucas powered torpedo? It sank.
It's not true that Lucas, in 1947, tried to get Parliament to repeal Ohm's
Law.
They withdrew their efforts when they met too much resistance.
Why do the English drink warm beer? Lucas made the refrigerators, too.
Alexander Graham Bell invented the Telephone. Thomas Edison invented
the Light Bulb. Joseph Lucas invented the Short Circuit.
Recommended procedure before taking on a repair of Lucas equipment:
check the position of the stars, kill a chicken and walk three times
clockwise around your car chanting: "Oh mighty Prince of Darkness
protect your unworthy servant."
Lucas Factory motto, put in a good day's work then home before dark.