Hi David;

The RAF Gremlins I think were the brainchild of Roald Dahl, who wrote a
book featuring them in the early forties I think. I remember an artist
painting for the book showing the little buggers climbing all over a
Spitfire.
Bader loved the gremlins. DB blamed everything on them including
whispering in Keith Park's left ear while he was sleeping that "big
wings were good policy for fighter command! :-)
.. He even nicknamed one of the Germans at Colditz after them.
I'd say the Gremlins are pretty much in the same league as the lift
demons, but I think their work was a bit more mischievous!! :-)
Dudley

"David CL Francis" wrote in message
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On Tue, 5 Oct 2004 at 21:21:26 in message
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Henriques wrote:

"Apa" wrote in message
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Gee, I better start ground school again.

I always thought lift demons were actually pushing the Earth from
underneath the airplanes when you pointed the empennage downward.
(Although it might be still the case here in Canada. We are a weird
bunch up here, anyways...)

Hesitation point rolls are a lot of fun for a pilot watching lift
demons. It's an absolute riot to watch them scramble off the wings and
onto the fuselage then back again as the roll progresses. The most
I've
ever been able to disturb them this way was 16.
Australian lift demons can't seem to figure out which side of the wing
to climb onto when they're here in the states, but they get even when
ours opt for an outback vacation on their time shares.

I actually wrote something almost serious about this amazing 'new'
theory, but most posters have dealt with it so much better that I
shall leave it as a draft.

I love the lift demons, although my aerodynamics lecturer did not give
me a good grounding in them I am afraid. Next time Dudley you must
tell me more. Are they related to the RAF's Gremlins? They were good
and bad. The good ones helped hold badly damaged aircraft together
until after they landed in WW2.

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David CL Francis