On 01/01/2015 18:25, Andrew Chaplin wrote:
Ri©ardo wrote in
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On 31/12/2014 15:13, Andrew Chaplin wrote:
Joseph Testagrose wrote in
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I get a crick in my neck just looking at this set-up.

Here's the theory behind it:

http://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/research...eteor-f8-prone
-position/

http://www.aviastar.org/air/england/...eteorprone.php

"Tests showed the prone pilot could indeed endure slightly more g, but
suffered from vertigo, couldn't see very much — particularly behind him —
and became tired quickly."

I wa aware of the rationale, but, even before reading those two pages, I
could see that a check of one's six was going to be a pain in the neck,
"As any fule kno." Another challenge would have been adapting safety
systems for bailing out.


Agreed.

I like the "As any fule kno" as it indicates your broad horizons when it
comes your literary tastes.

;-)

Ri©ardo

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