Locking Up Poor, Little Gremlins? WHY?

[pdmike]

During World War II, things often went wrong with fighter planes for which there was no explanation. The fighter pilots decided that these mysterious ailments were caused by "Gremlins." Whenever a plane would conk out for no reason at all, start flying strangely or anything else of that nature, the pilot would say that a Gremlin had taken up residence in his plane.

Gremlins were depicted as cute, adorable little guys who stood less than 6 inches in height. The female Gremlin was called a "Fifinella." They wore very colorful flight suits.

Gremlins lived in the cowlings, engines, wings and all other parts of fighter planes. They would often wait until the most inopportune time to do their work, swimming to the bottom of fuel tanks and drilling holes only after the figher plane had reached a point of no return over enemy territory, etc.

They were, of course, totally fictitious - but they served to relieve stress by bringing some humor into the otherwise terrifying business of flying planes for the purpose of trying to kill the pilots of other planes.

So that's what Gremlins were. I guess no one remembers. The reason I brought the whole subject up had to do with the current post on "ILS Strangeness." Planes that suddenly veer to the left on landing got me to thinking that, just maybe, the pilot involved might have a Gremlin in his plane somewhere . . .

And that got me to thinking, I wonder how many people might know about Gremlins? It is, after all, a totally flight related subject and, since planes in FS often do strange things, I thought it might be even more appropriate for this Forum.

Which brings me to the point of this present post. I see that my original post (Gremlins) has been locked. For the life of me, I cannot understand why. I wonder if the person who locked it would be so kind as to let me know why that happened.

You can post the reason under this thread or you can send me an
e-mail on the subject. My e-mail address is: pdmike@aol.com.

Nice Flyin' With Ya!
pdmike
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[shwncplnd]

For some strange reason, a picture of a tribble (from Star Trek) popped into my head when I read your post. :-):-lol I definitely learned something today. Thanks for that tid-bit. :-)

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Shawn
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[happydude]

Thanks for the info. Now I know why the plane seems to fly erratically sometimes when I'm flying, those gremlins musn't like me very much. I should have used that excuse on some flight tests I did in the past. :-lol:-lol

Earl

[newguy]

if you go read your post, which is on page two, you were given an explanation. That explanation was that a topic like this belongs in the outer marker or the lounge.

"How much deeper would the ocean be if sponges didn't live there?"

[nwabri]

PDmike,

Your post was locked. You reposted it for some reason. Your post was locked for the simple reason it DOES NOT BELONG IN THE FS2002 FORUM . You may repost it in the "Lounge" forum. If you post this again in this forum, I will recommend your account be suspended.

Thank you for your cooporation.

This is a general warning. If a post is locked, and you don't know why, ask a mod, DO NOT restart the post again. It was locked for a reason.


Brian A. Neuman
Woodbury, MN
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