Tales of the TITANIC

a new claim stating that the driver was confused on the new steering system, which caused the collision.

http://www.aolnews.com/world/article/officers-granddaughter-novelist-louise-patten-says-steering-error-sank-titanic/19643621?icid=main%7Cmain%7Cdl1%7Csec4_lnk2%7C172252

If that isn't the biggest crock that I ever heard.....

The helmsman was confused because he was having a hard time making the transition from steering with a tiller to a wheel?  C'mon, now, that's more than a bit of a stretch.

He was trying really hard not to hit the Brooklyn Bridge, so he kept steering north, north...

There has been quite a bit of discussion about these new "revelations" over at the Titianic Research and Modelling Association website (www.titanic-model.com) the conclusion being that the story by the granddaughter of the Titanic's 2nd Officer just doesn't match any of the accepted accounts and analyses of the disaster.  By all accounts, C.H. Lightoller was a very capable and brave mariner, his memory deserves better.

I suppose we'll see more of this as the centenary of the wreck approaches.  Sadly, it also probably means that there will be more Titanic kits and new / improved aftermarket products for them at the expense of other liners and other ships that have received scant or no attention from the kit manufacturers such as the Leviathan, Normandie and the Andrea Doria.  

FOX NEWS has reported that if global warming were real the iceberg would have melted long before it reached the Titanic, CNN reported that because of Global Warming a larger than normal iceberg broke off of the polar ice cap and floated into the path of the Tiianic. NPR reviewed the performance of the Titanic's band

Jack Jack,

That was funny! I know what you mean with NPR, I listen all the time and enjoy the musci aspect, but man thay are some liberal, Esp since they be funded with a goodly chunk of public funds.

NPR gets about 10% of it's funding from the Federal Government. It gets the "goodly chunk" from the public membership. And about another 5% from state and local governments, and public educational institutions that underwrite memberships for students etc.

The biggest single source chunk of money, and the biggest gift ever to be given a public institution by an individual, comes from the Kroc Foundation. So I guess if someone doesn't like the direction, they can dislike the majority of their fellow citizens and stop eating Big Macs, LOL

Wasn't there a satellite photo of a row of deck chairs at Area 51?