bootneck Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 A light-hearted look at things which beg the question "Why?" No serious answers required! I shall start off with the Fairey Firefly U.8 pilotless drone ....... why was it a two-seater? feel free to add your own questions 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seahawk Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 Allegedly this was a (the?) question one year in Cambridge philosophy tripos final exams. Equally allegedly, one student wrote, “Why not?” And got a First. No, not sure I believe it either. 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckw Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 10 minutes ago, Seahawk said: Allegedly this was a (the?) question one year in Cambridge philosophy tripos final exams. Equally allegedly, one student wrote, “Why not?” And got a First. No, not sure I believe it either. That story was doing the rounds at my university (University College Dublin) back in the '80s - some of us pinned our hopes on it being true 😁 Cheers Colin 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Swindell Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 43 minutes ago, bootneck said: Fairey Firefly U.8 pilotless drone ....... why was it a two-seater? Cos there wasn't room for a 3rd seat what with all the remote control equipment fitted? 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bootneck Posted December 1, 2021 Author Share Posted December 1, 2021 I'm not looking for any answers to this, it was purely rhetorical. I just want others to ask their, equally rhetorical, questions here. Just to get us thinking. Mike 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bentwaters81tfw Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 You could apply the same question to the F-4 drones, or the Sea Vixens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Swindell Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 OK Mike, how about frosted windows in airliner loo's? 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 5 minutes ago, Dave Swindell said: OK Mike, how about frosted windows in airliner loo's? For ground poops of course! Hopefully not at the same time as ground loops. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Ian- Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 (edited) It's clearly because they wanted a test vehicle which was both pilotless AND observerless. A single seater would have merely been pilotless so wouldn't have fitted the bill. Edited December 1, 2021 by -Ian- 1 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bootneck Posted December 1, 2021 Author Share Posted December 1, 2021 I think we are focussing too much on my "rhetorical" post and not offering our own Why's? Aren't there any other elements out there that make us wonder why? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Knight Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 Why are some South American countries referred to as 'Latin'? afaik the Romans never got there are none of those countries speak Latin 2 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Army_Air_Force Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 I've seen loads of carrier landings gone wrong, where the aircraft hits the barrier and trashes the plane. Why not just put lots more arrester wires on the deck!! It's obvious most pilots can't hit them when there's only four or five!!! .....and for Royal Navy carriers, put an arrester wire right on the front too!! 😉 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
upnorth Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 If the flight recorders are typically the only thing that survives a plane crash, why dont they make the whole plane out of the same stuff the flight recorders are made from? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chimpion Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 Why did my local supermarket remove the plastic from cucumbers but insist that I wear a disposable plastic glove to take one off the shelf????????? 1 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Knight Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 Why did I order from Hannants the wrong decal sheet for my Curtiss P-36s ? Now its too late to re-order the correct set as I need to get this build done by Friday evening Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Swindell Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 And the perennial favourite:- Why did the chicken cross the road? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Circloy Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 Why do we run a computer program by executing it and stop it by killing it? 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackroadkill Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 Why oh why did I decide to go out on the evening of the 12th of June 1997? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viking Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 Why don't we spell 'Phonetic' like it sounds? 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlstavros Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 Why is abbreviation such a long word? 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnT Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 Why did the RFC think it was a good idea to have targets as a marking on all sides of their aircraft? 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 Why are there indicators on cars if people do not use them. Regards Robert 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dogtail2 Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 Why did they pick the names delta and omicron, when an anagram of them spells media control ? 1 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnT Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 Why do rugby players run up the pitch throwing the ball behind them and not forward? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Headroom Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 There is no letter ‘J’ in the traditional Welsh alphabet. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welsh_orthography So where do all the Jones’ come from? Trevor 1 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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