On 22 Nov 2003 05:44 AM, karel adams posted the following:

"Ed Wischmeyer" schreef in bericht
...
Easiest airplane I ever got into was the Cardinal. As I
understand,
it was intended to please the skirt-wearing pilots of the day. And
then they stopped wearing skirts.

Weren't they forced to switch to trews after Culloden?

"trew" -- true as spelled by Chaucer
"Culloden" -- small towns in GA and WV

What am I missing here besides everything?

It did ring a bell somewhere deep in my memory
and indeed a bit of Gogl'ing brought up
'The Battle of Culloden - April 16th 1746 - marked the fall of the
Jacobite rebellion
of 1745, which sought to restore the Stuart monarchy to the throne.'

Ron was apparently thinking of Scottish male pilots

For Ed's benefit, after Culloden the Scots were forbidden to wear tartan
and had to swear an oath of loyalty to the crown.

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