QI | Amy Johnson and Paper Aeroplanes 

Sue is British, we have more folk memory about Amy Johnson than Amelia Erhart (can't even spell her name.) Sorry.

@@lesleyhawes6895 That may be the case for older generations of Britons and/or people heavily into aviation as an interest. As a quizzer, I can tell you that among younger Britons that folk memory is severely challenged by the amount of coverage Amelia Earhart gets. Particularly her disappearance, which is a real pot-boiler for mystery fanatics. The number of times I've seen Earhart given as an answer for Johnson. The two should be equally well known - it's rather sad.

well it is the J series

@@WeaselKing1000 I disagree. I've only recently heard of the Earhart person. I don't suppose it matters.

We learnt the trick of folding a thick nosecone, giving the dart a lot of mass at the front. Then if you give it a good hard throw, the momentum carries it through the air, keeping the speed up so the lifing surfaves have time to work.

Well spotted. I blinked and missed it - but it's great. (Sometimes it's the little things.) Thanks!

"ehh" -David Mitchell

They just used that to hold it together, with the original not using tape. You can make it without - see here www.instructables.com/id/The-Incredible-Flying-Paper-Tube/

Maybe so, but I'm sure the clear plastic backing in the middle is cheating.

It's a TV show, not a record attempt, Rainmen.

Calum Thaxter Oooh! Someone's been working through mummy's VHS library! Fuck you, it's a joke.

predcon1 Someone needs to take a chill pill.

Troy Kucks Good luck landing!

He should be, no question! But because of his criminal record (petty theft when he was 17), he can never be knighted. Shame really, he'd probably be Lord Fry by now.

Interesting because Stephen Fry narrated LBP

Dayvo it's actually the smart attack theme song but yes it was featured in LittleBigPlanet

It’s actually called Left Bank Two, a 1964 single by The Noveltones :)

Nope

Magnus effect is the other way, like a wheel spinning backwards.

No its not

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I’m not sure. He looked quite out of breath towards the end of his football sketch.

I remember hearing it in littlebigplanet but I not sure about the name

Left Bank Two

klanko64 you da real hero, thanks man. Also you have great taste in music judging chance's album as your profile pic

Dr Silence Aren't I the real hero? Where did my comment go? I replied like 20 minutes after you asked. Why am I getting updates about this thread of comments if my comment has disappeared? Why am I cursed?

ConspiracyJuice couldn't see your comment, but if you did comment it first, you're also a hero

🤔...Yes

Anyway you like mate

I started listing reasons why not, but I think it's easier to ask why would you?

by all means man, do list your reasons.

+theawesomesausage I have a few: -Difficult to put seating or cargo in -Good glider, not necessarily a good powered plane, will be very hard to change direction Maybe it would be good for just firing towards the general area and hoping it goes the right way.

1. Steering would be a nightmare. It would require a 'collective' like helicopters have, only the whole aircraft is spinning. 2. Dizziness. Visual navigation will be impossible. 3. Takeoff requires a tremendous catapult. 4. Landing?! 5. Where will the passengers and cargo even be? 6. Generating lift is unreliable. Flaps pointing up at one moment will be point down half a revolution later. If the controls fail, you have no lift generation.

Concord

Origami

I believe that is known as a tautology XD

Life hack: Never get emotionally invested in RU-vid comment sections, it's not good for anyone!

Yards are a unit of length.

@@JohnyG29 Sarcasm my friend, sarcasm.

200 yards is just under a furlong, or 10 chains if you prefer ...

Footballs are round 😜

BijuuAzzyZside Fan except that Rugby is one of the least wimpiest sports in existence lol ur crazy

yes.

Pretty much.

I stand with you

You're certainly not on your own. I absolutely worship her, and believe me, she's GORGEOUS in person!

Total agreement: HOT

I'm glad you admitted it's a generalisation - I, a male, was catastrophically and biblically terrible at making paper aeroplanes and still have no idea how it's down, but it's not something I let bother me. As you say, other things that concern me.

Toby Martin Absolutely. Different strokes.

That such an stupid observation.

popc52 --"That is such a stupid observation"... because... Fill me in. You're obviously an intellectual giant and I'd consider it a huge honor if you enlightened me with your wisdom.

Is an anecdotal evidence fallacy

Aeroplane is UK English. Airplane is US English, and as usual they're too lazy to pronounce it properly.

S JN no, were just efficient. We don't need a "u" in armor. Nor do we need to say "the fifth of June 2017" so we write it 6-5-17

We wouldn't say that. We'd say 5/6/17. Which makes way more sense.

S JN oh it makes much more sense. But since everyone here says "march 5" instead of "the fifth of march", it's a logical step for our numbering system to follow the same format.

What the hell is an "airplane". Nobody says something is airdynamic it is aerodynamic. Bloody Americans decided they were called planes and they flew in the air which is exactly the kind of rot that leads to voting in presidents like Bush and Trump. The plane is the shape of the wings. Honestly.

extenebrislux But university statistics do.

If that's the level of expertise required in engineering, we have much bigger problems.

+AJ Burdett If you encourage female children to play in the corner with dolls and you buy tech-stuff for the boys, then obvously this happens. Wasn't there a British documentary about it, a month ago?

Maybe, but it does seem more likely that their upbringing as children played a larger role.