On 22 Nov 2003 15:46:46 GMT, Del Rawlins
wrote:

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

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.

IIRC, the English forbade them to wear kilts. Loyal Scots got around that
by wearing trowsers ("trews") with the same tartan pattern.

Ron "Married into clan McAllister" Wanttaja