Who am I?

Nick22 · **Reply #280 on:** October 06, 2005, 03:25:44 PM

Amelia, not emilia, I misspelled her name

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Malte279 · **Reply #281 on:** October 06, 2005, 03:37:48 PM

^ Should have recognized the name

It was her navigator Fred Noonan who accompanied her on her last flight. Both of them are missed ever since. For all I know their plane has never been located.

Nick22 · **Reply #282 on:** October 06, 2005, 04:01:01 PM

Yes. they disappeared in 1937, and probably died in a crash. Considering how deep the Pacific is, the plane is probably more than 2 miles below the surface in many pieces.

Malte279 · **Reply #283 on:** October 07, 2005, 05:49:08 PM

Speaking of missed pilots, I am thinking of another one. A Frenchman whose plane was found not too long ago.

Nick22 · **Reply #284 on:** October 08, 2005, 12:14:31 AM

The Red baron?

Malte279 · **Reply #285 on:** October 08, 2005, 05:26:50 AM

Nope, nope, nope. Von Richthofen crashed near Vaux sur Somme, in perfect view of hundreds of Australian soldiers. His plane and his body were immediately recovered, so he was never missed. The pilot I'm talking of was missed in action though. He was not a German.

Nick22 · **Reply #286 on:** October 08, 2005, 01:57:58 PM

Alright.. can you give me another hint?

Malte279 · **Reply #287 on:** October 08, 2005, 02:41:00 PM

He became more famous for his writings than for flying.

Nick22 · **Reply #288 on:** October 09, 2005, 06:01:50 PM

More famous for his writings ... hmmm...

Malte279 · **Reply #289 on:** October 09, 2005, 06:36:26 PM

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All grown-ups were children first. (But few remember it).

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That's the way they are. You must not hold it against them. Children should be very understanding of grown-ups.

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Grown-ups like numbers. When you tell them about a new friend, they never ask questions about what really matters. They never ask: "What does his voice sound like?" "What games does he like best?" "Does he collect butterflies?". They ask: "How old is he?" "How many brothers does he have?" "How much does he weigh?" "How much money does his father make?" Only then do they think they know him.
If you tell grown-ups, "I saw a beautiful red brick house, with geraniums at the windows and doves on the roof...," they won't be able to imagine such a house. You have to tell them, "I saw a house worth a hundred thousand francs." Then they exclaim, "What a pretty house!"

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"One sees clearly only with the heart. Anything essential is invisible to the eyes."

These are just a few quotes from the pilot's most outstanding book which I recommend everyone to read (it is not a long book).

Nick22 · **Reply #290 on:** October 10, 2005, 09:13:16 AM

did the writer survive the crash?

Malte279 · **Reply #291 on:** October 10, 2005, 10:05:32 AM

No. As I said he was missed ever since. The plane has been found not long ago. It crashed into the sea. Another quote from this most famous book of his reads

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I shall look as if I were dead; and that will not be true . . ."

And it gave a kind of romantic mystery to his own disappearance which in fact was not very romantic at all. He was shot down in war.

Nick22 · **Reply #292 on:** October 10, 2005, 10:18:38 AM

That book is called the Little Prince, but the name of the author still escapes me...

Malte279 · **Reply #293 on:** October 10, 2005, 10:20:36 AM

The book is right! You will easily find out about the author's name. Did you read the book?

Nick22 · **Reply #294 on:** October 10, 2005, 10:22:34 AM

Antione de Saint-Exupery, I believe I'm spelling it right.. I read it a long time ago, so I've forgotten nearly everything in it...

Malte279 · **Reply #295 on:** October 10, 2005, 10:27:05 AM

You are spelling it perfectly right Nick, so it is your turn.
The little prince is a lovely book however short it is. Not knowledge but wisdom.
In case you want to read it again: http://www.angelfire.com/hi/littleprince/

Nick22 · **Reply #296 on:** October 10, 2005, 10:29:53 AM

Wisdom and knowledge are two different things. You can gain knowledge from reading a book, but you can only gain wisdom through experience. I am the best -known English playwright of the 1590s, besides Shakespeare.

Malte279 · **Reply #297 on:** October 10, 2005, 10:49:46 AM

Christopher Marlowe I presume?

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You can gain knowledge from reading a book, but you can only gain wisdom through experience.

I guess I agree, but not totally. Some books can help the open minded reader to acquire wisdom by seeing things clearer. The little prince does definitely not deal with knowledge, nor is it written for mere entertainment.

Nick22 · **Reply #298 on:** October 10, 2005, 10:51:54 AM

No marlowe was well known, but there was another playright who was better-known than he...
Yes, books can help the open-minded, but only if they are open-minded.

Malte279 · **Reply #299 on:** October 10, 2005, 10:55:08 AM

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Yes, books can help the open-minded, but only if they are open-minded.

On that I agree without any reservations.
Ben Jonson?