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Originally Posted by Flanker35M
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You call names like Eugie and Barbi and still sit on your high horse to be the High Priests of Truth? You fall in to the same pit like everyone and pat eachother in the back in a circle for this. This thread could have been a VERY INFORMATIONAL one without this mud being slung and stubborn dug in attitudes seen. None of you know EXACTLY what happened or how things were no matter how many documents you scan. There is more than just a few scans seen here. I bet none of you would have the time to go through the archives in such manner that you would know in detail what happened. Now merely scratching the surface.
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No-one is claiming to know
EXACTLY what happened, and if you bother to read things properly instead of merely skimming through you will see that. What is important is the weight of evidence which shows that it is more than likely that FC used 100 Octane fuel for all daylight, frontline Hurricane, Spitfire and Defiant sorties flown throughout the B of B.
If you knew anything at all about historical research - not just the kind of stuff dreamed up on many internet sites - you would know that finding 100% iron-clad evidence for anything is well nigh impossible, and most genuine historians understand that, and do their research accordingly.
The fact is that those who have very little evidence
against the use of 100 octane fuel have spent the best part of this thread disputing, sneering at, and ridiculing every single scrap of evidence presented by people like Glider and lane, who have actually spent hours trawling through thousands of documents, usually at a great deal of expense. They have also spent a great deal of time sneering at, attacking and ridiculing Glider and lane and anyone else they happen to disagree with. So, accuse people of "sitting on a high horse" all you like - if you have been subjected to the same treatment, by these same people, over several websites, for years, you would probably be on a high horse as well.
As for your last little sneer? Have you ever bothered spending hours trawling through archives? Or is this just a little smart-alec throwaway line designed to make you feel good about yourself?