Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/04/18

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Trivia question...
From: "Jeffery L. Smith" <jsmith45@bellsouth.net>
Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2002 19:20:30 -0500

Did it have anything to do with a joystick?


At 04:49 PM 4/18/2002 -0700, you wrote:

>     Do we have any aviation buffs here?
>
>The bumblebee comments have prompted this.
>
>During the early days of WW2, the Martin B26 Marauder was
>sometimes compared with a bumblebee.  It was also called
>"The Flying Prostitute"
>
>Who knows the origins or rational for that nickname?
>
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