Talk:SPAD S.A

Operational history
I have found almost nothing on the subject. Just comments that it was not very loved. Any other info to complete that section would be welcome. Gaetan Marie 07:44, 1 October 2007 (UTC)

Image
Picture of a model of this curious aircraft, found on www.flugzeugforum.de. That observer pit looks very unsafe. Drutt 07:23, 15 November 2007 (UTC)

NOT a push/pull!!!
The type had a single propeller, so it can't be described as a "push-pull" type - in fact it was a tractor aeroplane with a nacelle (called the "pulpit") in front of the propeller. Soundofmusicals (talk) 06:37, 18 January 2008 (UTC)


 * I wonder if the pilot had an "eject observer" button in the cockpit, to be pressed when quick escape was necessary. Drutt (talk) 19:17, 19 January 2008 (UTC)


 * D**n! How did I let that slip through? Thanks for correcting it, sounofmusicals! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Gaetanmarie (talk • contribs) 12:48, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

Some comments about Russian names spelling in "Operational history" section of the article.
The article says: >>>On November 25, 1916, Russian pilot Karpov and his observer Bratolyubovym shot down a German aircraft...

Has anybody access to the sources of this information in Russian?

This piece looks like author's misreading of Russian text, as ending "-ym" (cyrillic "-ым") in Russian means "action was done by that person". So his surname should be written here as Bratolyubov (Братолюбов), as this is in common with Russian surnames, and surname Bratolyubovym (Братолюбовым) thought also possible, is highly unlikely.

In this case the English phrase should be:

...Russian pilot Karpov and his observer Bratolyubov...

and its equivalent in Russian is:

...русским пилотом Карповым и его наблюдателем Братолюбовым...


 * This looks very likely - I have actually changed the text to conform with your comments - although I am sure the original correctly transcribed the (English) source. Thanks for that! Next time you find something like this - feel free to correct it yourself - although do add a comment like this so we know what you're about! And welcome to Wikipedia!! --Soundofmusicals (talk) 08:02, 8 May 2011 (UTC)