Talk:Martin B-10

Over-Info
I note a lot of information in the body of the article is redundant. In my opinion, this drags down the article quite a bit (the plane has two six-hundred hp engines that provide a top speed of 187mph and a cruising speed...). Could we eliminate a bit of this?--Ingoolemo 02:15, 2004 Aug 2 (UTC)

Extlinks in section headings
FWIW, putting external links in section headings is a little weird. For one thing, external links are better as reference material, thus their placement at the end. For another, we've been generally discouraging links of any sort in section headings, for aesthetic reasons mostly I think. A version of this article printed out might look kind of strange. Stan 04:50, 22 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Assessment
This article could easily be a B-class with some inline citations and references other than external WebPages. --Colputt 13:59, 12 September 2007 (UTC) ✅

Claims about "powered" gun turret
I've encountered a factoid on the Interwebs about this plane having the first aircraft powered turret. It's not true, and I actually have a citation to a fuller online discussion of the design, which I would cite if I had the time to learn how to do that right now. http://home.att.net/~jbaugher2/b10.html --Erik Lund —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.80.5.117 (talk) 19:42, 13 December 2009 (UTC)


 * IIRC the first bomber with a proper power-operated turret was the Boulton Paul Overstrand, although the Hawker Turret Demon may pre-date it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2.31.130.20 (talk) 16:05, 4 October 2015 (UTC)

Chinese Martin B-10 raid over Japan
Chinese Martin B-10 bombers dropped leaflets over Japanese cities on May 19, 1938, to prove that the Chinese air force was capable of striking Japan.

http://books.google.com/books?id=s2NKutuUlA8C&pg=PA320#v=onepage&q&f=false

http://books.google.com/books?id=mpSkIrOCrQkC&pg=PA126#v=onepage&q&f=false

http://books.google.com/books?id=Re8pJnCXvWoC&pg=PA265#v=onepage&q&f=false

http://books.google.com/books?id=N6yy9mXwAEUC&pg=PA86#v=onepage&q&f=false

Rajmaan (talk) 00:56, 30 April 2013 (UTC)

English
Hi guys, I don't edit anymore as all my previous attempts were removed. Under the "Legacy" heading, the second phrase starts like this:

" It was half again as fast as any biplane bomber, " Not english. My opinion, I'm a French Canadian, the word " again " is superfluous.

Thank you for maintaining these pages. Netweezurd (talk)


 * It would be better worded as " It was twice as fast as any biplane bomber" — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2.31.130.20 (talk) 16:01, 4 October 2015 (UTC)

While it seems clumsy, "half again" is legitimate English usage, if a bit dated. It's not the same as "twice as fast." And if you delete "again," it comes out as "half as fast," which is incorrect. It might be better stated as "50% faster," but I don't see any real problem with this wording. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 199.248.185.22 (talk) 17:56, 18 November 2015 (UTC)


 * To be clear, even though this discussion is three years old at this point, "half" means 50% but "half again" means 150%. The B-10 was much faster than other bombers, not much slower. 71.197.234.30 (talk) 15:41, 7 December 2018 (UTC)

Operational history needs expansion
Dear Wikipedians, I tagged for expansion the section about use of this aircraft, can help with Argentine use but don't have sources for other countries. Any help will be greatly appreciated. Regards, DPdH (talk) 23:34, 29 July 2016 (UTC)

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