On Wed, 16 Feb 2005 14:59:49 +0100 (CET), Joerg Baumgartner
<joe_at_...> wrote:
> Judging from WW1, it didn't take the air forces very long to develop
> complex and tradition-ridden structures. Remember that most naval powers
> were able to draw on traditions and knowledge laying low while the Closing
> lasted. I'm fairly convinced that many navies carry on with traditions
> from the Imperial Age, often without knowing why or what for.
I think another way is the way that the air-forces took, i.e.
transplanting another system of tradition. Naturally sea-goers are
going to want to take their culture's most esteemed as their model, so
I think its possible to work out the patterns of organisation from
that.
--
John Machin
"Nothing is more beautiful than to know the All."
- Athanasius Kircher, 'The Great Art of Knowledge'.