tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post2395826052553906494..comments2024-03-27T17:11:36.606-07:00Comments on Roads to the Great War: Francesco Baracca, Enzo Ferrari, and the Prancing Ponysnielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10631473280484584330noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-66736606121993716572016-08-08T19:54:05.888-07:002016-08-08T19:54:05.888-07:00WWI Pilot's life expectancy in combat was meas...WWI Pilot's life expectancy in combat was measured in days, 11 in 1915, 21 in 1918, and that was if they managed to live through flight school.<br /><br />(1/3 of all pilot casualties in WWI occurred in flight training).<br /><br />He survived as a pilot for 6 years, pre-war and during the war. <br /><br />Jay Farquharsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03335226520940843630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-8345878850244705562016-08-08T07:48:29.381-07:002016-08-08T07:48:29.381-07:00You got me going on this one so I looked it up on ...You got me going on this one so I looked it up on Wikipedia; I know not the most elegant of sources but fast.<br />Wiki says "It was in origin a site for breeding cavalry horses, the Old High German name stuotengarten meaning "mare" (as in, an estate for horse-breeding, as it "were stud-yard)."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-14765309564286881222016-08-07T15:22:31.402-07:002016-08-07T15:22:31.402-07:00Why did Barraca's parents think the horse woul...Why did Barraca's parents think the horse would bring anyone luck, given that Francesco got killed? <br />More likely, Ferrari thought the association with an aristocratic family would be good marketing. Adrian Robertsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-74001364556353951972016-08-07T13:27:03.645-07:002016-08-07T13:27:03.645-07:00Stuttgart=stud gardenStuttgart=stud gardensamgrrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09313219009321379423noreply@blogger.com