Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site ssc-vax.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!ssc-vax!wanttaja From: wanttaja@ssc-vax.UUCP (Ronald J Wanttaja) Newsgroups: net.aviation Subject: Re: Trivia (Da Red Baron getting it) Message-ID: <126@ssc-vax.UUCP> Date: Fri, 16-Aug-85 12:15:12 EDT Article-I.D.: ssc-vax.126 Posted: Fri Aug 16 12:15:12 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 20-Aug-85 04:41:56 EDT References: <2732@mhuxd.UUCP> Organization: Boeing Aerospace Co., Seattle, WA Lines: 18 > >> 2. What superstition did Manfred von Richtofen violate before he took off > >> on his last flight? > > > > He allowed his picture to be taken. Ever since Boelke had his picture > > taken just before his final mission, no GAF pilot would allow it. > > I've heard that the superstition he violated was not to play with dogs > before a flight. Oh well, the only really important one he blew was > not watching his 6 o'clock position... > -- Or, for that matter, never getting near an armed Australian... :-) Ron Wanttaja (ssc-vax!wanttaja) "Zero-Niner Tango, cleared to land, check gear down." "Roger, gear down and welded..."