Masters of the Air: Episode Discussion 3

[muccamukk]

I recently learned (because someone had checked Wikipedia, and I had not) that there will only be 9 episodes, not 10 like the other series :'(

Rules:

1. Don't be a dick. Specifically (but not limited to):


1. Not liking something is fine, and negative comments are fine. Please do not directly tell other participants why the thing they like is bad or that they are bad for liking it.


2. Kink shaming will be deleted.


3. Racism, homophobia, transphobia, antisemitism, misogyny, etc will be deleted.


2. Discussing material from the books is fine, but if you're going to discuss something that happens in future episodes, or the fate of historical characters, please put it under a cut and title the comment Book spoilers! or something similar.


3. Likewise, wanting to treat the show as a self-contained unit and not engage with the books/history is perfectly valid.

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Comments

[copperfyre]

Oh, I also looked up up the pilot who landed his plane in the sea (confusingly in the episode I thought they said he was 350 miles from anywhere, but in real life he was 90 miles from Sicily, but maybe they meant 350 miles from Allied territory), and he and most of his crew became POWs but survived the war! And then one of his crew later described it as "Van Noy shut down remaining engine and made the most beautiful landing he ever made. He never could land an Airplane except when it really counted" which makes me wish he'd been an actual character before he exited the show stage left.

[impala_chick]

Oh wow interesting, thanks for sharing! I had assumed they mostly lived from the way the other characters seemed satisfied/relieved by the water landing, but it's nice to know there's a story there. I agree, I think this ep was stronger than the other two.