User talk:Maury Markowitz

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Hello there, welcome to the 'pedia! I hope you like the place and decide to stay. If you need any questions answered about the project then check out Wikipedia:Help or drop me a line. BTW, I like what you have done to the place. Cheers! --maveric149

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[edit] wickelrumph

wickelrumph is kind of hard to explain without a picture. basically, it used long strips or bands of plywood that were glued together side by side. then, another layer of strips were glued on top in a different direction.

my source says it's actually strips of plywood. see Pfalz Aircraft of World War I (Great War Aircraft in Profile, Volume 4) by Jack Herris, at pages 30 and 32. that said, after looking around some more, i think it might actually be thin veneer strips. From what i understand, Deperdussin used veneer strips of tulipwood. i guess i'll change the article.

thanks. also, i thought your article on the Mercedes D.III was excellent.

thanks for the kind words, and for writing such excellent articles on the Mercedes D.III (i added a picture) and the Siemens-Schuckert D series.

[edit] Pfalz rudder

If its all right with you, I'd like to delete the references in the Pfalz D.III article to the shape of the rudder and vertical fin. That was actually a pretty common shape in German planes. See the Roland D.XV, D.XVII, Halberstadt C.V, CL.IV, CLS.I, Pfalz D.XV, LVG CIV, C.V, C.VI, and Gotha G.I. If it was something really different, like the Hannover's biplane tail, it would certainly be worth mentioning. But the D.III, I kind of don't see it.

[edit] XPLANE

Hi Maury, I got your note about the XPLANE article. It has been deleted by an admin. Do you know where deleted articles go? I intend to propose it for deletion review but have no idea where to find it or how to reference it.

[edit] Avro Arrow revisited

Maury, the article seems to be better wrtiten but I still think there should be a proper notes and reference section rather than the "more reading and viewing" section that is presently there. What do you think? Other editors have left the section in place but the idea of POV is present. Bzuk 14:41 3 January 2007 (UTC). BTW Happy New Year.

[edit] Avrocar again

Maury, please look over the article again- I've made some changes based on a recent review. BTW thanks for your support on another issue, specifically, the de Havilland Comet research. Bzuk 17:43 17 February 2007 (UTC).

WHILE YOU ARE AT IT, PLEASE REMOVE THE 'SILLIPUTTY' FROM MY OPUSCALGARY SITE. You may want to consult with someone who understands ip addressing.

[edit] PzKpfw IV

I think I have found the reason of the claim that KwK 40 was incapable of penetrating Sherman's frontal armor at combat ranges. The former wikist was refering to M4A3 with 64mm hull front and 103mm turret. That would make a lot of sense. -Chin, Cheng-chuan

[edit] Help

Our mutal Italian friend requires some help in editing, he is now contributing to the Ki-61 Hien and Ki-100. I can sort out some of the grammar and spelling, but I have corrected this countless times. He continues to make the same mistakes, not capitalizing months, using measures such as "ltrs." and other basic errors. I have written to him by email, posted on his home page and asked for other help from the aviation group forum. There is also another major issue that I haven't fully addressed but that is that most of the submissions are POV and sound like they are copied from magazines as well as being wholly Italian-centred- go figure, but still, much of the stuff is useless but I don't want to just hack and slash. What do you think? FWIW Bzuk.

[edit] Re: Toronto Meetup

Toronto Meetup Next: unknown (probably at Ferret & Firkin) Last: Saturday, October 20, 2007 (1PM at Ferret & Firkin) This box: view ‧ talk ‧ edit

[edit] DYK

There are some issues regarding your entry. Please visit here. --BorgQueen (talk) 16:06, 28 October 2008 (UTC)

[edit] XB-70 Valkyrie help

Can you help with this article? Another user is being difficult to work with; overtagging and stuff in my opinion. If things would settle down with the article, I could add references in time. Thanks for any help. -Fnlayson (talk) 14:48, 31 October 2008 (UTC)

Thanks the help! Fnlayson (talk) 17:06, 4 November 2008 (UTC)

[edit] re Start class? What does that mean?

I re-evaluated the article XB-70 Valkyrie as start class because it is lacking in citations. Although it appears to be broad in coverage and has some excellent supporting materials, not every paragraph has a reference, which needs to be so otherwise it fails B-class. Cheers, Abraham, B.S. (talk) 22:44, 31 October 2008 (UTC)

There is, of course, a bit of leniency. However, this article is still under referenced for B-class and even contains tags to that effect. Cheers, Abraham, B.S. (talk) 23:39, 1 November 2008 (UTC)

• WP:Aviation has C-class. It needs to be better referenced, but I don't think "suitably referenced" means fully referenced. -Fnlayson (talk) 17:06, 4 November 2008 (UTC)

[edit] DYK for Shockley-Queisser limit

On 9 November 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Shockley-Queisser limit, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Gatoclass (talk) 07:01, 9 November 2008 (UTC)