New forums breakdown seems OK, except why did we use 1925 as the breakpoint, vice 1935 which it was previously ??? The 1925-35 stuff, more akin to WW1/Golden Age than WW2, will just get lost in the WW2 forum ... The 20's stuff bears very little direct relevance to WW2 ...

Is there a technical reason we cannot transfer the threads tagged by topic to the new forums just to keep them going ... or is it technically possible, but humanly too much work ?? Just wondering ...

Thanks,
John

John.....

Would you rather see it split as WWI, Between The Wars (Golden Age) and WWII?

I am just guessing but there were significant advances concerning the use of all metal aircraft and aloys that became more apparent after the Spirit of St. Louis crossed the Atlantic. But I have no problem with the suggestion of keeping them together. Its up to the admin.

Hi John

The simple answer is that it's just for convenience! There's no perfect way to divide things up by date - and my first effort at organising over a century of aviation would have translated into such a complicated Forum with so many categories that we'd spend more time figuring where to post than actually posting! :-)

Golden Age subjects and the Post-War period proved particularly tough to categorise so, after consulting with Jim, the C20th is simply divided into quarters and open ended to allow earlier and present-day stuff. There are still sub-categories to add for a wider range of nationalities than in the old forum.

All the best

Rowan

I don't really have a preference. 1935 originally sounded like a good starting point for WWII aircraft to me (way back when) simply because there had been a lot of innovation from that point forward. Of course one could argue that innovation had started as soon as planes departed from using canvas...

As for the 25 year breakup periods, Rowan you had actually had 1970 as the start of the Modern period, but I thought that would be odd as it would be leaving out the last few years of the Vietnam conflict which obviously was a big part of the Cold War.

It's all subjective anyways. :-)

Cheers,
Jim

Hi Jim

:-) I was obviously just checking you were paying attention with that one!

Looking back at the previous MindManager file, the eras were set as:

Early Aviation - Up to 1935
WW2 - 1935 -1950
Cold War - 1950 - 1970(5!)
Present day - 1975 onwards

The first thought often turns out to be the best one, so if that makes more sense for everyone, let's go back to it.

All the best

Rowan

1935 is great !!!

Thanks,
John

Hi all!

I would also say 1935 is better...

Jean-Luc

I think that I'll vote for 1935 too.

As in....

Early Aviation - Up to 1935
WW2 - 1935 -1950
Cold War - 1950 - 1975
Present day - 1975 onwards

Hi all

Jim phoned me last night and, surprise, surprise, the new Forum structure was top of our agenda! As you can see - 1935 it is!

You'll notice more changes in the future - the Sub-Categories are the obvious one; we'll be covering a wider variety of nationalities than previously (so Russia and France will finally get a look in, for instance!) - but Jim also plans changes to the way the menus for Reviews and Features work.

Time and commitments across the whole Network are issues for Jim, but it's exciting to be in at the birth of a great new aviation modelling site!

All the best

Rowan

I'm all excited now Master Rowan.......lol! I can't wait to see all the new changes......!

1935 works fine for me. :-)

I've been thinking... is 1935 OK? :-) :-)

I reckon we'll have to start the 1935 Club at this rate - I don't know what it can stand for, but it's a cool name!

All the best

Rowan

1935 Club or Club 35.....lol! Well, back then we had beautiful cars, motorcycles, aeroplanes, women........