"G.R. Patterson III" wrote in message
...

Tom Fleischman wrote:

What makes you think you can't watch the landscape from a low wing
aircraft?

The short answer is empirical evidence.

"Wing Leader", by J.E. Johnson, contains an excellent description of the
amount
of England that is blocked by the wing of a Spitfire at patrol altitude.
From
personal experience, I know that I can't see anything close to what's
under me
when flying in an Archer and I know that I have no such problem in my
Maule.


That's why God invented 60 degree banked turns.

Paul