"George Z. Bush" wrote in message
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Actually, some manufacturers (and maybe all, for all I know), did do
exactly that with scaled models of their new aircraft.


That's fine, but everything does not necessarily carry over to the actual
aircraft.



In any case, I'd rather have some applied theory from an aeronautical
engineer who
designed the aircraft than guesswork from somebody who thought he knew how
it
would react better than the bird's designers.


We're not talking about guesswork from somebody who thought he knew how it
would react better than the bird's designers, we're talking about the
collective experience of many actual ditchings. If you'd take applied
theory from an aeronautical engineer who designed the aircraft over the
collective experience of many actual ditchings, then you're an idiot.



Since you seem committed to pooh-pooh the manufacturer's knowledge no
matter what, what does the pilot who has the misfortune of having to ditch
the
first of that model aircraft rely on?


If I seem that way to you then you've read things into my messages that are
not there.