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1 hour ago, GiampieroSilvestri said:

I am sorry for the question but what does "jumped up" mean?I found different translations.

It can have several meanings, some of them might be relevant to the question.....

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To me, "jumped-up" can mean "arrogant", "egotistical" or "self-important". An Italian person might say "egocentrico/egocentrica", if such persons existed there. Might describe Baron von Richthofen? Wasn't Snoopy the cartoon dog (flying a Sopwith Camel) sometimes in conflict with a Red Baron who flew a biplane? Looking up the Internet I see there was a song called "Snoopy vs the Red Baron" recorded in 1966 by the U.S. pop group The Royal Guardsmen. Wikipedia tells us that "The song's chorus refers to "the bl**dy Red Baron". As "bl**dy" is considered a mild expletive in Australia, and some other English-speaking countries, the word was censored by being "bleeped" out for radio and TV airplay in Australia during the 1960s and early 1970s." I was wondering what word was being bleeped out of some modern rap songs: now I know. Anyway, is the answer a Sopwith Camel?

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As Richthofen died on 21st April 1918 he cannot be the subject of this question. Is red baron being in lower case significant?

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55 minutes ago, Paul821 said:

As Richthofen died on 21st April 1918 he cannot be the subject of this question. Is red baron being in lower case significant?

Correct in both assumptions, the jumped up red baron isn't a person in this instance, though it was originally to be named after a historical figure

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Searching for the 24th of September 1918 showed that British fighter pilot Richard Bell Davis made the first aircraft carrier landing on the HMS Argus in the Firth of Forth with a Sopwith Strutter.

 

Saluti

 

Giampiero

Posted
26 minutes ago, GiampieroSilvestri said:

Searching for the 24th of September 1918 showed that British fighter pilot Richard Bell Davis made the first aircraft carrier landing on the HMS Argus in the Firth of Forth with a Sopwith Strutter.

Can anyone get the jumped up red baron link?

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23 minutes ago, Dave Swindell said:

Can anyone get the jumped up red baron link?

I have discovered a lot of facts about 24th September 1918 and that red baron is a cultivar of apple but am no closer to a jumped up red baron. Too many rabbit holes to go down in this one for me.

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14 minutes ago, Paul821 said:

I have discovered a lot of facts about 24th September 1918

I expect we both found the same forum page with hundreds of events, combat summaries, casualties etc!

best,

M.

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Posted
4 hours ago, GiampieroSilvestri said:

 

Is it another noble fighter pilot?

 

Saluti

 

Giampiero

@Dave Swindell said

 

 

11 hours ago, Dave Swindell said:

Correct in both assumptions, the jumped up red baron isn't a person in this instance, though it was originally to be named after a historical figure

So we are not looking for a person.

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22 hours ago, GiampieroSilvestri said:

Searching for the 24th of September 1918 showed that British fighter pilot Richard Bell Davis made the first aircraft carrier landing on the HMS Argus in the Firth of Forth with a Sopwith Strutter.

I'll give it to Giampiero as he's got the achievement I was looking for.

 

The jumped up red baron was a reference to the origins of HMS Argus. Laid down pre-war as an ocean liner, construction stopped on the outbreak, but in 1916 she was bought by the admiralty and her design was extended upwards to provide the continuous flat top flight deck. The liner was to have been named Conte Rosso, or Red Count, and a count is the next rank up from baron....

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Just to make sure that my thinking is on the right trach.

 

Dog Great Dane?

Geographic top etc.. Poles?

 

Looking for fighter linked to Poland & Denmark?

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59 minutes ago, Paul821 said:

Just to make sure that my thinking is on the right trach.

 

Dog Great Dane?

Geographic top etc.. Poles?

 

Looking for fighter linked to Poland & Denmark?

The dog is correct and it is a very famous great Dane.

 

Saluti

 

Giampiero

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Well in the UK the most famous Dane is probably Sandi Toksvig, but I very much doubt it is her. The only other Dane most people will know of is Hans Christian Andersen, there could possibly be a link through one of his books. 

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7 minutes ago, Paul821 said:

Well in the UK the most famous Dane is probably Sandi Toksvig, but I very much doubt it is her. The only other Dane most people will know of is Hans Christian Andersen, there could possibly be a link through one of his books. 

It is a dog.

 

Saluti

 

Giampiero

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