Talk:Barnstorming

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[edit] Plane pictured

The plane pictured wasn't used for barnstorming...is there a better shot of a biplane, perhaps a Jenny? Schnauf 20:57, 17 December 2005 (UTC)

Yes, actually. I grabbed one from Curtiss JN4. Deco 03:30, 18 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Plagiarism?

Um, it looks like this article was not just based, but copied word for word from the article linked at the bottome of the page under "references" 71.162.90.217 00:02, 21 January 2007 (UTC) Anon

You're right. I have tagged the article appropriately.--Diniz 14:13, 20 April 2007 (UTC)
But it looks like that site is in the PD since it is a US government site. See the disclaimer on the site. Garion96 (talk) 23:45, 28 April 2007 (UTC)
Ah, I see. Thanks for clarifying!--Diniz 17:05, 4 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Daredevils

Over the past few years I keep finding references calling racecar drivers and other daredevils "barnstormers", for example [1]. This comment would be especially relevant to the Barney Oldfield article. My impression of the term would be some daredevil who toured the country, not necessarily a pilot. Should the scope of this article be expanded to include all daredevils from that era? Then pilots would be the main portion of the article, with a section for racers. Royalbroil 02:02, 24 October 2007 (UTC)

Actually, the word goes back before Aviation. It was used by circuses and other traveling shows in the 1800s. Perhaps a brief section on other forms of Barnstorming (pre and post Aviation) should be added to the article. Blueboar (talk) 00:57, 15 April 2008 (UTC)