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	'''NOTE:''' Most comments will be deleted by me after one week. Critical comments are welcome, but ones containing highly-offensive or profane material will be deleted immediately, and the overall content ignored.

			== Good to see you back ==
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			For however long it may be. - <span style="color:#6B8E23">ZLEA</span> <sub>]</sub><span style="color:#6B8E23">\</span><sup>]</sup> 01:13, 7 April 2024 (UTC)
	==Lufthansa 747-8 buy==
	The Lufthansa 747-8 purchase is not a rumor. It's a fact. Look at the table and associated links. —] ] 19:09, 6 December 2006 (UTC)
	:The table contains a press release dated today from Lufthansa regarding the 747-8 order. It was there prior to your edit and the one you reverted. —] ] 19:21, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

			:Thanks. I'm not sure how long it'll be either. We'll see. ] (]) 01:21, 7 April 2024 (UTC)
	== Citing sources ==
			::whichever - it is good to see you here... ] 01:25, 7 April 2024 (UTC)
			:::*Thanks. I missed all those by the sock from down your way. Hilarious. It's nice to know I live free in his head. {{smiley}} ] (]) 01:34, 7 April 2024 (UTC)
			:::Agree with JarrahTree. Welcome, be it a short or long stay. -- ] (]) 01:33, 7 April 2024 (UTC)
			::::Thanks! ] (]) 01:36, 7 April 2024 (UTC)
			:::::Yes, glad to see you back. ] (]) 16:33, 4 May 2024 (UTC)
			::::::Thanks. I've slowed down a little the past couple weeks, but we'll see how it goes for the next few. ] (]) 00:11, 9 May 2024 (UTC)
			:::::::Oi. Too funny. Yah, we are all here. Still ] (]) 05:19, 22 November 2024 (UTC)
			Yes! You were one of my Wiki mentors! Glade to see you! ] (]) 03:14, 22 August 2024 (UTC)

			:::::::: whatever - here there or whereever!!! ] 11:50, 5 October 2024 (UTC)
	Please, when creating articles, try to cite atleast one reliable source. See ], Harvard referencing may be the most appropriate for Air Craft as the reader may want to know the immediate source summary. I tend to use ] a lot, as it allows sources to be included often without impeding the text flow. Keep up the effort on the co-axial helis, it's an interesting subject.] 07:41, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
			:Welcome semi-back.'''<span style="font-family: Arial;">] <small>]</small></span>''' 13:20, 5 October 2024 (UTC)

			== Sikorsky S-72 ==
	-See further discussion on ]. ] 08:13, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

			If it’s not proper to link the Sikorsky S-72’s emergency extraction system to ejection seat, a brief explanation of the difference on the page would be nice. ] (]) 03:50, 9 May 2024 (UTC)
	Hey Bill, thanks for citing the sources in the article ]. I noticed you had made a few syntax errors in the ref tags, so I fixed them up. You can view the changes using the history page. I also included a template that I like to use called ] for web citations. I hope you find this useful. Happy editing! ] 06:46, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

			== Oh this is rather good ... ==
	== Hughes Helicopters ==

			So Cheers ] (]) 10:56, 16 May 2024 (UTC)
	There seems to be a problem with this going on. You'd think they'd never heard of Howard Hughes or the Apache. The same thing happened at some other pages I've been watching. —] ] 12:32, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
	:Thanks for the message. I've left a comment at ]. ] 13:57, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

			:Thanks. Know-it-all IPs rub me the wrong way. ] (]) 00:01, 17 May 2024 (UTC)
	::Looper took care of the references.
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			== Royal Canadian Air Force ==
	:::He was FAST! And I didn't even ask him for help! :) - ] 16:47, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

			Looks like that IP has been blocked. BTW, thanks for the thanks, and welcome back. Hope you can stay. ] <sub>]</sub> 22:31, 13 September 2024 (UTC)
	== Operation Bolo ==

			:No problem. I'm still mostly retired, but I'm watchlisting close to a thousand pages. I had nearly 30,000 when I retired last year. ] (]) 09:26, 14 September 2024 (UTC)
	Hi. I've had a quick look at the merits of the article and left an opinion at the talk page. I'll look into your concerns about reverting later.

			:* Thanks for anything you can do BilCat! ] (]) 19:33, 27 September 2024 (UTC)
	Bill, I don't know how to avoid making this seem conceited - so read the following knowing I don't mean to be: You asked me for help/advice twice in the past 24 hours, I am happy to give it. However with other editors might I sugest a bit of back and fro - e.g thanks for your opinion/I disagree with your opinion etc. It will encourage others to debate with you/help you. Best regards, -- ] 00:35, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
	:Sorry for the confusion. The above message was a suggestion that maybe a "thanks for the previous help" would be appropriate. But as I suggested I did not wish to appear conceited, i.e. I meant in general. As I said also in the 1st sentence I will look into reversion etc. later. ] 00:54, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
	::I wasn't fishing for a "thank you" -- as suggested "I don't know how to avoid making this seem conceited" -- I was speaking in general. But thanks anyway. Sorry again for the confusion. As promised, I will have a look at the general behaviour tomorrow PM. Best regards -- ] 01:09, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

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	I dont get what you are saying. What airlist box?--] 17:38, 9 December 2006 (UTC)

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	== XWB misnomer ==
	It's Boeing PR, but it states the reason why the anonymous person added the comment to ]: http://www.boeing.com/randy/archives/2006/12/out_to_launch.html —] ] 19:53, 9 December 2006 (UTC)
	:I think we should find an NPoV press article that says the same thing. Looking at the 777/787/A350 specs, you can tell that Randy is right about which models compete against which (eg. Airbus has no direct 787-3 or 787-8 competitor) but that would be ]. —] ] 20:00, 9 December 2006 (UTC)

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	== 787 ==

			Kind Regards,
	Good job on deleting that guy for 787-3. As I had said in 787 discussion, I visited the Boeing plant in September and learnt most of that stuff. But this guy realy has credibility problems. For one, the 787-3 does not have a larger verticle stabilizer. Secondly, the fuselage is not thinner. Yes weight saving is a priority, but not by thinning the structure. Maybe here and there but he makes it seem like its more than that. And on and on. So I dont know where he gets his info from. Boeing will provide a much more detailed analisys of the 787-3 by May 2007. They will launch a 20 page PDF file on the 787-3 at that time. In 5 months, we will know a lot more about this variant.--] 02:49, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

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			== B-2 Spirit ==

			I could not find a source that called it the "Stealth Bomber" instead of the B-2 Spirit as a name, rather than a descriptor.

			Do you know what source referred to it as such, especially capitalized? ] (]) 23:34, 12 November 2024 (UTC)

			:I searched for "B-2 stealth bomber", and found many mentions, both capitalized and not, from a wide variety of sources. But this is better discussed on the article's talk page so that others can participate. ] (]) 00:18, 13 November 2024 (UTC)

			== "Redirected here" ==

			<del>Hey Bill - just noting that ~~its ] that redirects to ], not ] which, as an aircraft that was actually built and flown, really should have its own page already! - ] <sub>]</sub> 08:20, 14 November 2024 (UTC)</del>
			:HUh, how did I miss that the latter ''did'' redirect? Bah, I need more caffiene! - ] <sub>]</sub> 08:21, 14 November 2024 (UTC)
			::Because I just created it, and tagged it as a Redirect with Possibilities. I wish we could still link those, but that seems to be the way things are done now. Red links are no longer considered a good thing like they used to be, at least in practice. ] (]) 08:40, 14 November 2024 (UTC)

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			:::I'm pretty sure it would, if only I had the time to scratch up the sources. It does seem a lot of grognards have too much time on their hands and consider GNG to be less "general" and more "strict" though! - ] <sub>]</sub> 08:49, 14 November 2024 (UTC)
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			:::::hey bil glad to see your semi back best regards, ] (]) 06:28, 15 November 2024 (UTC)

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			== SR ==

			I'm not sure ] agrees, but thanx, - <span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS">] <small>(])</small></span> 23:20, 26 November 2024 (UTC)
			*Hey, BilCat, have you any idea what was going on here ? I want to be clear I'm not accusing you of anything, but the interaction is just so ''weird''. Maybe he just ''wishes'' he were you? ]] 00:59, 27 November 2024 (UTC)
			:Stop, I made a mistake, I'm who I am, chill out. Leave BilCat of of it, danm. - <span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS">] <small>(])</small></span> 01:04, 27 November 2024 (UTC)
			:{{ping\|EEng#s}}How in the hell do you get, "me whishing" anytghing, I'm talking to you, and I'm FlightTime. Quit trying to confuse the issue "I" brought to '''You''' UFB - <span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS">] <small>(])</small></span> 01:08, 27 November 2024 (UTC)
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			== GE90 ==

			I just changed some of the info to be more consistent with the ]. For instance the 777-300 was never ordered with the GE90, so that combination was never certified with the FAA. Also, the production 777F is often more specifically referred to as the 777-200LRF, in order to distinguish it from the 777-300ERSF conversion. ] (]) 03:27, 3 December 2024 (UTC)

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Good to see you back

For however long it may be. - ZLEA _T\ 01:13, 7 April 2024 (UTC)

Thanks. I'm not sure how long it'll be either. We'll see. BilCat (talk) 01:21, 7 April 2024 (UTC)

whichever - it is good to see you here... JarrahTree 01:25, 7 April 2024 (UTC)

Thanks. I missed all those poor attempts at insulting me by the sock from down your way. Hilarious. It's nice to know I live free in his head. BilCat (talk) 01:34, 7 April 2024 (UTC)

Agree with JarrahTree. Welcome, be it a short or long stay. -- Euryalus (talk) 01:33, 7 April 2024 (UTC)

Thanks! BilCat (talk) 01:36, 7 April 2024 (UTC)

Yes, glad to see you back. Mr Serjeant Buzfuz (talk) 16:33, 4 May 2024 (UTC)

Thanks. I've slowed down a little the past couple weeks, but we'll see how it goes for the next few. BilCat (talk) 00:11, 9 May 2024 (UTC)

Oi. Too funny. Yah, we are all here. Still beny (talk) 05:19, 22 November 2024 (UTC)

Yes! You were one of my Wiki mentors! Glade to see you! Tfdavisatsnetnet (talk) 03:14, 22 August 2024 (UTC)

whatever - here there or whereever!!! JarrahTree 11:50, 5 October 2024 (UTC)

Welcome semi-back.Acroterion (talk) 13:20, 5 October 2024 (UTC)

Sikorsky S-72

If it’s not proper to link the Sikorsky S-72’s emergency extraction system to ejection seat, a brief explanation of the difference on the page would be nice. RickyCourtney (talk) 03:50, 9 May 2024 (UTC)

Oh this is rather good ...

So nicely put! Cheers DBaK (talk) 10:56, 16 May 2024 (UTC)

Thanks. Know-it-all IPs rub me the wrong way. BilCat (talk) 00:01, 17 May 2024 (UTC)

Happy First Edit Day!

Happy First Edit Day!
Hi BilCat! On behalf of the Birthday Committee, I'd like to wish you a very happy anniversary of the day you made your first edit and became a Wikipedian! The Herald (Benison) (talk) 06:34, 20 August 2024 (UTC)

Royal Canadian Air Force

Looks like that IP has been blocked. BTW, thanks for the thanks, and welcome back. Hope you can stay. BC _{talk to me} 22:31, 13 September 2024 (UTC)

No problem. I'm still mostly retired, but I'm watchlisting close to a thousand pages. I had nearly 30,000 when I retired last year. BilCat (talk) 09:26, 14 September 2024 (UTC)

Thanks for anything you can do BilCat! -Fnlayson (talk) 19:33, 27 September 2024 (UTC)

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B-2 Spirit

I could not find a source that called it the "Stealth Bomber" instead of the B-2 Spirit as a name, rather than a descriptor.

Do you know what source referred to it as such, especially capitalized? FinnSoThin (talk) 23:34, 12 November 2024 (UTC)

I searched for "B-2 stealth bomber", and found many mentions, both capitalized and not, from a wide variety of sources. But this is better discussed on the article's talk page so that others can participate. BilCat (talk) 00:18, 13 November 2024 (UTC)

"Redirected here"

Hey Bill - just noting that ~~its Northrop Grumman Model 400 that redirects to T-X program, not Scaled Composites Model 400 Swift which, as an aircraft that was actually built and flown, really should have its own page already! - The Bushranger _{One ping only} 08:20, 14 November 2024 (UTC)

HUh, how did I miss that the latter did redirect? Bah, I need more caffiene! - The Bushranger _{One ping only} 08:21, 14 November 2024 (UTC)

Because I just created it, and tagged it as a Redirect with Possibilities. I wish we could still link those, but that seems to be the way things are done now. Red links are no longer considered a good thing like they used to be, at least in practice. BilCat (talk) 08:40, 14 November 2024 (UTC)

And yeah, we should have an article on it, but I'm not sure it would survive an AFD. That's the was things go now too. Misplaced Pages's been around long enough, and is many people's first stop for info. I think it high time we relaxed notability to include local only sources. BilCat (talk) 08:46, 14 November 2024 (UTC)

I'm pretty sure it would, if only I had the time to scratch up the sources. It does seem a lot of grognards have too much time on their hands and consider GNG to be less "general" and more "strict" though! - The Bushranger _{One ping only} 08:49, 14 November 2024 (UTC)

Yup. I'm mostly active again on American aircraft articles, but still semi-retired on the rest of Misplaced Pages. Still too many stupid things going on Misplaced Pages for me to unretire completely. BilCat (talk) 08:54, 14 November 2024 (UTC)

hey bil glad to see your semi back best regards, Paytonisboss (talk) 06:28, 15 November 2024 (UTC)

A kitten for you!

hi i didn't think a barn-star was needed for this but i wanted to say thanks for helping me during my time on Misplaced Pages

best regards, Paytonisboss (talk) 04:21, 16 November 2024 (UTC)

SR

I'm not sure EEng agrees, but thanx, - FlightTime (open channel) 23:20, 26 November 2024 (UTC)

Hey, BilCat, have you any idea what was going on here ? I want to be clear I'm not accusing you of anything, but the interaction is just so weird. Maybe he just wishes he were you? E Eng 00:59, 27 November 2024 (UTC)

Stop, I made a mistake, I'm who I am, chill out. Leave BilCat of of it, danm. - FlightTime (open channel) 01:04, 27 November 2024 (UTC)

@EEng:How in the hell do you get, "me whishing" anytghing, I'm talking to you, and I'm FlightTime. Quit trying to confuse the issue "I" brought to You UFB - FlightTime (open channel) 01:08, 27 November 2024 (UTC)

Sorry BilCat. - FlightTime (open channel) 01:11, 27 November 2024 (UTC)

GE90

I just changed some of the info to be more consistent with the Boeing 777. For instance the 777-300 was never ordered with the GE90, so that combination was never certified with the FAA. Also, the production 777F is often more specifically referred to as the 777-200LRF, in order to distinguish it from the 777-300ERSF conversion. 24.206.65.142 (talk) 03:27, 3 December 2024 (UTC)

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