Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/17/84; site mhuxd.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxd!wolit From: wolit@mhuxd.UUCP (Jan Wolitzky) Newsgroups: net.aviation Subject: Trivia Message-ID: <2732@mhuxd.UUCP> Date: Thu, 15-Aug-85 13:41:24 EDT Article-I.D.: mhuxd.2732 Posted: Thu Aug 15 13:41:24 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 18-Aug-85 01:35:00 EDT Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill Lines: 12 >> 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... -- Jan Wolitzky, AT&T Bell Labs, Murray Hill, NJ; 201 582-2998; mhuxd!wolit (Affiliation given for identification purposes only)