In your openion why do you think ww1 pilots were glorified?
156732
Because they had not previously been recognized, just like WW II black pilots were not until former President Bill Clinton glorified them.
990765
First of all, I just have to say I find such vitriol coming out of someone with the screen name 'LuvPinkPuffies' amusing.  More so that you have a desire to see someone murdered live on international television.  Isn't it enough that they've splashed his dead face on every paper and news channel in existence?\n\nI also love how you made the leap from someone pointing out inconsistencies in the report to "you" (whoever that's supposed to be) wanting to negotiate.\n\nOn another point, I think it really demeans the people who fought and died in World War II to compare every person you don't like to Hitler.  Hitler was the greatest threat Democracy ever faced, followed by Soviet Russia.  20 million people died because of Hitler.  For 50 years we lived under the threat of complete annihilation of every life form on the planet, with the possible exceptions of cockroaches and Kieth Richards.  Compared to World War II and the Cold War, the War on Terror is a cakewalk.   Statistically you're more likely to be struck by lightning than killed by a terrorist.  What's more, yes Zarqawi was the head of Al Qaeda in Iraq, but they're only about ten percent of the insurgents.  In the grand scheme of things he wasn't that important, a minor player at best.  I know it's great to have an enemy that we can get strident about again to take out our frustrations on, but stop elevating these guys by comparing them to Hitler.  They don't deserve it.
862956
If they are WWII era, I agree with the other poster regarding Band of Brothers.\n\nIt is an unbelievable account of E (Easy) Company from D Day through the end of WWII in Europe.\n\nTruly a group of heros in the truest sense of the word.
982249
Hitler was a mystical minded idiot who's only claim to fame was being in the right place at the right time and taking over a bunch of simple minded already angry and bitter people who wanted revenge on the world. I bet in his book he talks a lot about WWI and God? Hitler's a joke. What influence has he had? National socialism, pah, that's barely a sentence, let alone an attempt at a philosophy. "Germans are genetically superior, therefore they must rule the world." The refutation is WWII itself: Germans lost, therefore that statement is false, therefore, done.
178034
This is due to the the Right brothers,because as you might know thew first airplanes had little to do with todays.\nUsually it was a metal body,at the beginning,that they had to ride on,so they were getting "on a plane",rather than in it.\nLater came the one-seated or two-seated planes and people started getting in the planes,but the expression had already been formed.
643934
Levit, Britain couldnt hold The germans off at all???? three words for you my friend BATTLE OF BRITAIN, the british did just that they held the germans off thanx to THE FEW, the men and women of RAF fighter command many of whom were not much older than thier late teens and early twenty's, after defeat in the BATTLE of BRITAIN the germans turned thier attentions to Russia and got thier arses kicked, plz do some re-search on these things before you open your mouth and insert your foot in it.
510197
Duh, the Navy.  The F-14 (now decompt) pilots were considered the best of the best.  Now we (the Navy) have the F18 E/Fs which are pretty bad A**.  I think we could spank them.
487570
Its a very expensive career to get licensed.  Not a super high number of jobs out there.  Private companies want the best of the best because they are afraid lesser experienced pilots will ruin their aircraft.
991449
Planes Mistaken For Stars.\n\nThey are fucking genius, and get no credit whatsoever.
486479
The Best Fighters WWI\n\nR.A.F. S.E.5a (Britain) ,Nieuport 17 (France),Sopwith Camel F.1 (Britain) ,SPAD S.XIII (France) ,Fokker D.VII (Germany) ,Fokker Dr.1 Triplane (Germany)\n\nThe Best Fighter Planes of World War II \n\nThe Bf 109, Spitfire, FW 190, P-51, A6M Zero, P-38, F4U ,P-47...\n\nKorean war:\nMIG-15,F-86F,P-80 \n\nVietnan:\nF-105,F-4,A-6 e A-8,F-100D Super Sabre, F-84F Thunderstreak\n\nafter; Mirage,Harrier \nMiG-21 \nMiG-29\nF-14,15,16
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We are Blessed because we live in the GREATEST nation on the planet!  I too love the country (and ALL the nuts).\n\nI really cannot imagine what the world would be like If the US never existed.  Whether you agree or disagree with our recent or past actions, I am not sure WWI would have ended well - I KNOW WWII would not have. \nI think the best way to look at it is the way "It's a wonderful life" did.  Sure we may have problems, but the world would be a whole lot worse off if it weren't for us. \n(and anyone who denies that really hasn't looked at world history).
609113
Wow, that's an indepth question to ask.\n\nFor starters, World War I completely reshaped the map of Europe and parts of the Near and Middle East.  The Austrio-Hungarian Empire was divided into Czechoslovakia, Hngary, Yugoslavia, and Austria; parts were also given over to Romania and to Italy.  The Ottoman Empire was divided into British and French Mandates, forming Iraq, Palestine, and Jordan for the British and Syria and Lebanon for the French, as well as the independant state of Turkey.  The Russian Empire was separated into Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Poland.  The German (Prussian) Empire was divided as well, with part of their territories going to create the Polish Corridor, giving Poland access to the North Sea, an allotment was also made to Czechoslovakia, Blegium, and, of course, the German independant state.\n\nSome of the statistical information concerning World War I is as follows:\n\n-10 million soldiers dead\n-6.6 million civilians dead\n-21 million wounded\n-8 million MIA (Missing In Action) or POW (Prisoners of War)\n-Cost of War appx. $180 billion\n-Other Costs in Relation ~ $150 billion\n\nThere was also a mass movement of displaced people as their homes were utterly destroyed in the wake of the war.\n\nIn terms of politics, the ultimate loss of Russian troops allowed for the successful usurpation of the government by the Communist party.  Since Europe's economy was trashed, the United States became the dominant power in the world financially and wound up being the largest lending agent for the restoration of Europe.  France, bitter at their ultimate defeat, wanted Germany to be punished for its role in the war, which successfully undermined Woodrow Wilson's attempts to settle the Versailles treaty without instilling a sense of anger in the Germans unsuccessful.  Germany was forbidden to have a standing military, and felt betrayed by its high command (Jews, Liberals, Socialists), and combined with the effects of high unemployment created a perfect breeding ground for Hitler and the Nazi party to emerge later.  Italy did not get all that it asked for -- a mutilated victory -- which opened the door for Facism and Musilini.  Britain, with the creation of the Mandates in the Middle East, made a grab for the oil industry.  The Bourgeoisie class was elevated, which mostly eliminated the power of the Aristocracy, which, combined with a deteriorated economy, weakened the strength of Imperial Colonialism and set the stage for the dismantling colonial states held by European states all over the world.\n\nThe full repercussions of World War I would not be felt until World War II with the rise of Nazi Germany and Facist Italy.  The end of the war left countless dead and/or missing and/or displaced, German divided between western powers and those of Russia, who had taken over most of the countries that would later become the USSR.  This set the stage for the Cold War, which would last until the early ninties after the fall of the Berlin Wall.  The Holocaust left over six million Jews dead and the remainder displaced.  As a result, many Jews migrated to Palestine, which soon after became Isreal, a nation backed by the west and resented by Muslims everywhere, thus creating tensions between the Middle East and the Western nations.  The advent of the first atomic bomb would also set off a long series of discussions on the US's use of nuclear technology against Japan.  The United Nations also formed as a result of World War II; their first conferences were held in San Francisco (mostly so the NSA could tap the other delegates' phone lines and listen in on other conversations being held).  The Cold War resulted in the Arms Race, and the decision of the US government to simply out-spend the Russians and drive their economy into the ground, slowly deteriorating the basis for their system of government.  Really, we have not seen all the final effects of World War II, though some of the major politica
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Because many Americans glamorize war. Sure, these people will say these veterans fought for 'us' and fought to keep us free but this is not true. Sure, in the Revolutionary War we granted statehood among the nations and I suppose you can make the argument Japan would have gone further than Hawaii and maybe Germany would have invaded us but recently, I fail to see how these soldiers have fought to maintain my freedom. I do believe janitors should have far more recognition. Nurses too but they get compensated well so it is not as urgent. Daycare workers should get more recognition than soldiers. They get paid less than soldiers and are pretty much invisible.
41067
it was mainly two things.  Frist was the left over effects that WW1 had incuding the treaty of versaillies that made alot of germans with a bad taste in their mouth.  The second is Nationalism. This is an plotical idea that is sesnse of belong to a coummity that shared historaicl, politcal, ethical, Geographal, and religious tranditions.  In the most extreme way (like Nazi Germany, Facist Italy, and Imperal Japan) it is used ina way that people in a country feel like their country and race is the best and other people from other countries and races are below them. this is a good starting point. I hope this help and good luck.
730978
1. Shrapnel does not ping off trees it embeds itself, just as he was alledgedly doing. I have heard and read about many exploits during the war,some true some blatantly untrue, it helps to pass the time and i love hearing them and never discourage or disrespect anyone who has lived through the war,my father was one such storyteller from his exploits he battled hitler single handedly, he once told me he was in Andy Clydes Commados it was years later when i learned that it was the army catering corps, what he didnt tell me that he was also in a highland regiment, that fought many battles and was a seargeant major and had been awarded twenty two medals several for courage displayed in battle, so i never thought about that because those memories he held in ,preffering to lighten his stories of daring rather than relive them, LF
880506
that would depend on what kind of pilot they were.  A bomber pilot has a different mission than a fighter pilot,  then there are the transport guys, the refuelers.  It all depends.
716074
Very few people actually become pilots. I have a friend of mine who joined the Air- force as flying officer but never given chance to even sit in a fighter plane. So please do the necessary research before joining it. This is my personal opinion.