Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Lester Brain/archive1

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The article was promoted by SandyGeorgia 21:15, 25 April 2010 [1].

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Lester Brain

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Nominator(s): Ian Rose (talk) 07:12, 12 April 2010 (UTC)

• Featured article candidates/Lester Brain/archive1

Slight change of pace for me with someone more notable for his achievements in civil as opposed to military aviation (Chief Pilot at Qantas, first General Manager of Trans Australia Airlines), but also a member of the RAAF reserve for more than 20 years, and a recipient of the King's Commendation for bravery under fire in WWII. Also another famous airman (think Charles Eaton and Les Holden) involved in the 1929 search for Charles Kingsford Smith and Charles Ulm and, ultimately, too other searchers who themselves became tragically lost. Currently GA, and A-Class in the MilHist and Aviation projects, this is also a WikiCup entry for me. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 07:12, 12 April 2010 (UTC)

• Comment. No dab links or dead external links. Ucucha 11:08, 12 April 2010 (UTC)
• Support: I supported this article for A class and see no reason why it doesn't meet the FA criteria. Good work, IMO. — AustralianRupert (talk) 13:27, 17 April 2010 (UTC)
• Support: I supported for A-class not too long ago, and it looks good enough for FA quality. No concerns here. Airplaneman ✈ 04:01, 23 April 2010 (UTC)
• Support: I approve of this article, the level of detail and especially the quality of the images featuring appeals to me. The biography evenly covers his life, something which I've noted with some historical aviators tend to sink towards their 'big event' and leave the fringes less developed, that isn't the case here. I would put the London Gazette quote in a formatting that shows off the quote marks, this is personal preference and nothing more. Aside from the A380, are there other aircraft or institutions/awards ect ect named after him? Another question aside from the issue though, this looks fine for the level of Featured Article to me. Kyteto (talk) 22:54, 24 April 2010 (UTC)
  • Many tks all. Kyteto, I quite like the big quote marks too but I believe the preferred standard is as it appears now (unless a MOS expert would like to correct me)! I always like to try and find evidence of things named for article subjects but in this case, the A380 is all I can confirm... Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 00:33, 25 April 2010 (UTC)
• Support, with a few minor points (none critical):

• "[Qantas's] first aviator without a war record" appears to be uncited;
• "The following year, he completed a refresher course at Central Flying School, Point Cook. On a rain-soaked McKinlay airfield near Cloncurry on 27 February 1927, he flipped Qantas' first de Havilland DH.50 on to its back while attempting take-off, though he managed to escape without injury." is a bit confusing to me. Is McKinlay airfield a part of Central Flying School and he flipped the plane over while on the refresher course, or did he complete the refresher course, return to duty, and flip the aircraft while on duty?
• The first paragraph of Later life and legacy seems a bit awkwardly worded—I had to re-read it to understand what it was saying.

All relatively minor, certainly nothing to prevent supporting. – iridescent 15:10, 25 April 2010 (UTC)

Note, please locate an image reviewer. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 21:08, 25 April 2010 (UTC)

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