Template:Did you know nominations/Airliner Number 4

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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 19:13, 9 April 2018 (UTC)

Airliner Number 4 edit

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Airliner Number 4

~~... that Norman Bel Geddes's proposed Airliner Number 4 (1932) would have cut the trip between America and England from over four days by sea to 42 hours?~~

Reviewed: Jai Tirath Dahiya

Created by Philafrenzy (talk) and Whispyhistory (talk). Self-nominated at 22:58, 26 February 2018 (UTC).

I'll give this a preliminary review, but first I'm proposing my own hook below since I'm not sure if the hook given is interesting enough:

ALT1: ... that Norman Bel Geddes's proposed Airliner Number 4 (1932) may have influenced the design of Howard Hughes's Spruce Goose?

As for the review itself, the nomination meets the 10-day requirement, and the article is of an adequate length. Earwigs detects no copyright problems. The article is adequately sourced: book sources are accepted in good faith. Philafrenzy has provided a QPQ; not sure if Whispyhistory needs one too. The article checks out the requirements, but as I've provided my own hook, I'm leaving the final approval to another reviewer. Narutolovehinata5 ^tccsdnew 01:21, 5 March 2018 (UTC)

Thanks Narutolovehinata5, I tweaked your Alt a little. I didn't originally use the Spruce Goose because, although two books mention the possibility, they both say there is no proof. (It's one review per nomination)

Alt2... that in 1932, Norman Bel Geddes claimed that his proposed Airliner Number 4 would be able to fly from Chicago to England in 42 hours using in-air refueling? Philafrenzy (talk) 07:38, 5 March 2018 (UTC)

Note: as Philafrenzy notes, only one QPQ is required for this nomination because only one article is nominated. It is up to the nominator (in this case Philafrenzy) to supply it, though someone else could do so if they wanted to. BlueMoonset (talk) 04:49, 14 March 2018 (UTC)

Thanks, the co-author has. Philafrenzy (talk) 09:11, 14 March 2018 (UTC)

Philafrenzy & Whispyhistory, can't read the source on Google Books, so willing to accept it AGF. However, the article does not mention that Geddes made his claim in 1932. This could either be struck from the hook, or added to the article. --Usernameunique (talk) 02:01, 31 March 2018 (UTC)

ALT3... that Norman Bel Geddes claimed that his Airliner Number 4 (pictured) would be able to cross the Atlantic Ocean in 42 hours using in-air refueling over Newfoundland?

This Alt more closely matches the source and avoids a slight vagueness over whether it was four and a half days or once per week. Pic added. Philafrenzy (talk) 08:11, 31 March 2018 (UTC)

Approving ALT3. Changed "believed" to "claimed" (as in ALT2); technically we only know what he said, not what he truly believed. --Usernameunique (talk) 22:15, 6 April 2018 (UTC)