Show Notes

This week, we recap, review, and analyze Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam (機動戦士Ζガンダム) episode 16 - Through the Haze of Darkness (白い闇を抜けて), discuss our first impressions, and and provide commentary and research on planes and pigeons.

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- Wikipedia pages for Beechcraft, the Beechcraft Model 17 Staggerwing, and stagger as an aeronautics term.

- Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) article about "Beech's Beautiful Biplane."

- Plane and Pilot magazines's All Time Favorite Planes (the Staggerwing is #5).

- A page collecting information about aircraft used in the Spanish Civil War (the Staggerwing was used by the Republicans, allegedly as a not-very-effective bomber).

- Articles about the Comet Model Airplane and Supply Company.

- Wikipedia page for the Edgley Optica.

- Page on wing configurations, with pictures to explain tapered and dihedral.

- Brief article about the Optica, with video of one flying.

- AOPA (Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association) article about the Optica.

- Earlier AOPA article about the Optica right after John Edgley re-acquired control of the design.

- Listing of every Optica manufactured or planned, with their current status.

- Article from 1986 World's Fair where the Optica was demonstrated, after the crash but when hopes were still high.

- Official report on the Optica accident discussed in the podcast.

- Wikipedia pages on Passenger pigeons and English Carrier pigeons.

- The true subject of this episode's research: the Homing pigeon (or Racing Homer), which Britannica calls the Carrier pigeon.

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