Comments on: Inquisitor 135 – Firsts for Chris and Lou by Schadenfreude

By: Mike Laws

Mike Laws — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 20:09:08 +0000

(Sir) Christopher Cockerell was on board the SR.N1, using his body, on the bow, as moveable ballast. I imagine he was relieved to disembark safely!

And don’t forget the title – C=100 and L=50. I thought the puzzle a superb exploitation of a remarkable coincidence (or was it?) – and the date fell conveniently on a Saturday this year.

By: RayFolwell

RayFolwell — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 16:34:48 +0000

I took “both disembarked” to mean that BLERIOT and COCKERELL in the grid were separated from their respective means of transport and not on-board as eg AEROBLERIOTPLANE.

By: petebiddlecombe

petebiddlecombe — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 15:01:04 +0000

Incompetent calendar reading led to my own report on this which I’ll delete shortly. The bits possibly worth keepking compared to Duncan’s more thorough treatment:

I was slightly surprised by the French term and wondered if it had started out as CHANNEL – the (L,LA MANC) that appears in the grid diagonal for LA MANCHE matches three letters of a reversal of CHANNEL. I was a bit puzzled by the “both disembarked” part of the message but I guess this is the equivalent of JFK’s “and return him safely to the earth”.