User contributions for .45Colt

9 February 2018

• 01:2501:25, 9 February 2018 diff hist +55‎ Dental composite ‎ Thought a link to the basic page about dentistry wouldn't be out of order. Tag: Visual edit

26 October 2017

• 03:5803:58, 26 October 2017 diff hist +12‎ m Emin Pasha Relief Expedition ‎No edit summary Tag: Visual edit

22 January 2016

• 16:4216:42, 22 January 2016 diff hist +62‎ Sino-Korean Friendship Bridge ‎ The B-17 was retired a long time before the Korean War. Even the B-29 was becoming obsolete by that time. The only B-17s in Korea were a few SB-17 search and rescue planes used to drop lifeboats to downed aviators. Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit

21 January 2016

• 16:3216:32, 21 January 2016 diff hist +998‎ Talk:Bilge pump ‎ New talk section: main point Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
• 16:1616:16, 21 January 2016 diff hist +581‎ Talk:Plunger pump ‎ New talk section: How it works Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit

20 January 2016

• 17:5517:55, 20 January 2016 diff hist +971‎ Talk:Island of Montreal ‎ New talk section: Needs another/different map Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit

18 January 2016

• 01:2901:29, 18 January 2016 diff hist +347‎ Talk:Maritime geography ‎ New talk section: Navy centric Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit

17 January 2016

• 00:0600:06, 17 January 2016 diff hist +129‎ Shoe studs ‎ Hobnails Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit

16 January 2016

• 22:3322:33, 16 January 2016 diff hist +778‎ Talk:Philistinism ‎ New talk section: Origin Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
• 21:5021:50, 16 January 2016 diff hist +407‎ Talk:Amenemhat II ‎ New talk section: Anubis Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit

11 January 2016

• 20:4420:44, 11 January 2016 diff hist +84‎ Beard ‎ →‎Styles: Seems like Ambrose Burnside could be mentioned along with sideburns, since they're named after him. Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
• 19:5819:58, 11 January 2016 diff hist +792‎ Talk:Designer stubble ‎No edit summary Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
• 19:0119:01, 11 January 2016 diff hist +1‎ 15 cm Schnelladekanone C/28 in Mörserlafette ‎ →‎Ammunition: Typo Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit

30 December 2015

• 03:1403:14, 30 December 2015 diff hist +344‎ Henschel Hs 129 ‎ →‎Hs 129 B-3 Tag: Visual edit

29 December 2015

• 23:5723:57, 29 December 2015 diff hist +221‎ Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet ‎ →‎Me 163A: The Me 163 could steer on landing; that's why the skid only supports the front of the fuselage. Once it collapsed on absorbing the impact, the tailwheel supported the weight of the tail and engine. Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
• 23:4023:40, 29 December 2015 diff hist +2,953‎ Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet ‎ →‎Development: Various tweaks Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
• 22:2922:29, 29 December 2015 diff hist +343‎ Volkswagen Beetle ‎ Air-cooled because they didn't use antifreeze back then, and without a garage, the coolant would freeze in the winter. Tag: Visual edit
• 20:4120:41, 29 December 2015 diff hist +21‎ Allison J35 ‎ Photo is of the rear of the engine. Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit

28 December 2015

• 22:2922:29, 28 December 2015 diff hist +22‎ Heinkel He 70 Blitz ‎ →‎See also Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
• 22:2122:21, 28 December 2015 diff hist +32‎ Kamikaze (1937 aircraft) ‎No edit summary Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
• 22:1522:15, 28 December 2015 diff hist +22‎ Mitsubishi Ki-30 ‎ →‎See also Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
• 22:1322:13, 28 December 2015 diff hist +22‎ Kawasaki Ki-32 ‎ →‎See also Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
• 21:5621:56, 28 December 2015 diff hist +75‎ Heinkel He 70 Blitz ‎ →‎Military use: Is it possible that the Spanish called it "rayo" for "lightning" because the Germans already called it "blitz" for "lightning", rather than both coincidentally coming up with the same named? I also wish people would avoid jargon like... Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
• 21:3921:39, 28 December 2015 diff hist −25‎ Heinkel He 178 ‎ →‎Significance: "430mph" for a Gloster Meteor? "No faster than piston engine fighters"? This is either vandalism or some is confusing it with the Bell prototype from the US. That aircraft barely broke 400mph, and was "barely faster than existing pist... Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
• 21:2621:26, 28 December 2015 diff hist −19‎ Heinkel He 178 ‎ →‎Significance Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
• 21:2021:20, 28 December 2015 diff hist −10‎ Siegfried and Walter Günter ‎ →‎West Germany Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
• 21:1221:12, 28 December 2015 diff hist +84‎ Siegfried and Walter Günter ‎ →‎Heinkel Flugzeugwerke: Language Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
• 21:0421:04, 28 December 2015 diff hist −197‎ Siegfried and Walter Günter ‎No edit summary Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
• 05:0205:02, 28 December 2015 diff hist +1,063‎ Jerry Rushing ‎ Bootleg turn is just an extreme handbrake turn, and you don't have to defeat the ratchet mechanism in modern cars; you just hold the lock button on the handle down while pulling the handle up. In 1950's, the brake was usually an under-dash pull handle. Tag: Visual edit

27 December 2015

• 05:5105:51, 27 December 2015 diff hist +309‎ Bristol Beaufighter ‎ Comparable aircraft, night fighter and torpedo bomber twins Tag: Visual edit
• 05:3605:36, 27 December 2015 diff hist +385‎ Bristol Beaufighter ‎ Sleeve valves instead of poppet valves doesn't make all that much of a difference in sound levels when used on an unmuffled-exhaust aircraft engine with a spinning propeller. It's still darn loud. Added various links. Tag: Visual edit
• 05:1905:19, 27 December 2015 diff hist +2,023‎ Bristol Beaufighter ‎ "Apart from the powerplants, differences...were minor"? A completely redesigned and narrowed forward 2/3rds of the fuselage is "minor"? There were major alterations that aren't mentioned at all. Also, a number a/c besides the B-25 later got heavier guns. Tag: Visual edit
• 02:3602:36, 27 December 2015 diff hist +56‎ Impalement arts ‎ →‎Noted impalement artists: Who tells people about an "armless knife thrower" without giving even a slight hint how such a thing is possible? It's not hard to say "he used his feet to throw the knives". Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit

26 December 2015

• 21:5221:52, 26 December 2015 diff hist +968‎ Talk:Coining (mint) ‎ New talk section: But HOW do you mint coins? Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
• 21:3921:39, 26 December 2015 diff hist +244‎ Coining (mint) ‎ All well and good, but what about HOW coins are made? What is "striking" a coin? Why assume that a person knows what that means? When did "medieval" change to "modern"? Which technique were they using in, say, 1800? Surely it wasn't exactly like striki... Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
• 20:4620:46, 26 December 2015 diff hist +181‎ Confederate States dollar ‎ "Greyback" is to distinguish from "Greenback" US dollars. Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
• 01:3301:33, 26 December 2015 diff hist +4,341‎ Talk:Exoskeletal engine ‎ →‎A bit dubious: new section
• 00:5100:51, 26 December 2015 diff hist +4‎ Exoskeletal engine ‎ Clarity Tag: Visual edit

24 December 2015

• 23:4223:42, 24 December 2015 diff hist +1,548‎ Rolls-Royce Nene ‎ The RD-45 didn't see much use at all; the VK-1 was the engine in the MiG-15bis, the most common variant by far, thus it's incorrect to say that it's most widespread use was as the RD-45. Also clarified the "straight-through design" bit. Tag: Visual edit
• 23:3623:36, 24 December 2015 diff hist +49‎ Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 ‎ I think the swept wings are more important factor in the MiG-17's improvement over the MiG-15 than the afterburner. Tag: Visual edit
• 21:3721:37, 24 December 2015 diff hist +1,008‎ Talk:English Electric Canberra (book) ‎ →‎Tone: new section
• 08:2308:23, 24 December 2015 diff hist +107‎ Grumman F9F Panther ‎ Better description of blown flap mechanics. Tag: Visual edit

23 December 2015

• 06:4406:44, 23 December 2015 diff hist −4‎ Development of Chinese Nationalist air force (1937–1945) ‎ It's not the "XP-0", it's the "X-PO". It's only "strange" if you try to write it in the US designation system.

22 December 2015

• 06:3206:32, 22 December 2015 diff hist +139‎ Stahlhelm ‎ Not sure if you mean "shell fragments" instead of "shrapnel" (they aren't the same thing), but both caused more injuries than bullets did. Tag: Visual edit

21 December 2015

• 05:3105:31, 21 December 2015 diff hist +772‎ Junkers Ju 52 ‎ It didn't "look like" a Townend ring, it WAS a Townend ring, and it was retained on the center engine after the wing engines got NACA cowls BECAUSE of the fact that the fuselage widened behind the center engine. Various other tweaks also. Tag: Visual edit

20 December 2015

• 05:5005:50, 20 December 2015 diff hist +2,754‎ Talk:Ballet dancer ‎ →‎Is this a scare story, or an article?: new section
• 05:1605:16, 20 December 2015 diff hist +57‎ Ballet ‎ Didn't appear to be a single link to ballet dancer in the whole page, that I could find anyway. Thought that might be helpful. I came here to read about ballerinas, after all. Tag: Visual edit

19 December 2015

• 05:5105:51, 19 December 2015 diff hist +1,676‎ MG 17 machine gun ‎ Relation to MG 15, MG 30, etc, details, and the MG 131 didn't replace the MG 17 in "bomber defense" applications, since the MG 17 was only used as forward firing armament. MG 131 replaced both the MG 15 and 17. Tag: Visual edit
• 05:1305:13, 19 December 2015 diff hist +2,829‎ Talk:Sidney Godley ‎ →‎Contradictions: new section
• 04:4904:49, 19 December 2015 diff hist +98‎ Sidney Godley ‎ Re-worded sentence, and a shell fragment is not "shrapnel". Tag: Visual edit