Talk:Kohm Lady Godiva

Thomas Sleigh Kohm
In researching this aircraft, it was not difficult to find out more about Thomas Kohm.

There's a schoolgirl sex abuse case, with this being the specific complaint. The complaint makes many points, including #108, which says that "two Kohm daughters committed suicide." Christy Kohm's death details can be found at this Findagrave listing.

All this casts a horrid light onto Kohm and the somewhat lurid nature for naming the Lady Godiva. I'm finding it difficult to reconcile how to best document the HPA within Wikipedia, even though the craft is the work of monstrous man. At present, given that the article is a stub, I've opted not to make any reference to Kohm's abuse.

Kind regards, Aerohydro (talk) 06:08, 25 March 2023 (UTC)

Cable news show
I've added some text, and a reference to the "Lady Godiva" being on a local TV news show. Not sure if I got the citation correct or not. The information was sourced from an advertisement in a local Long Island newspaper. Feel free to amend and/or correct.

Thanks, Aerohydro (talk) 06:46, 9 April 2023 (UTC)

Notability
Regarding the template message on notability, currently affixed to the article ... I think it is notable.

The original two references in the article  can  be sourced using the links provided in the template; both providing more information than a "mere trivial mention".

As to the craft itself, I'd like to point out that:


 * As Kohm mentioned in the NY Times piece, the aircraft was only one of two HPAs then operating in the US.
 * It was woman-powered aircraft (and - after the Gossamer Condor and Chrysalis - was only the third such HPA to have been so)
 * It's also the only known reproduction of the Gossamer Albatross.

I've been a life-long fan of human-powered aircraft. Personally, I think the Lady Godiva is notable, in and of itself, and that the article's worthy of retention.

Kind regards, Aerohydro (talk) 07:15, 9 April 2023 (UTC)