On Sat, 5 Jun 2004, Howard Berkowitz wrote:

What reaction do you have to the size of WWII aircraft versus modern
ones, where a "lightweight" fighter such as an F-16 is probably
comparable in size to Willie the Wolf -- and a F-15 the size of a B-17.

And a SPAD XIII weighed about 1,300 lbs empty compared to 'bout
7,600 lbs for an empty P-51 - 'bout a six-fold increase.

The F-15 represents only 'bout a four-fold weight increase over
the P-51. And it's certainly more than four times as capable.

Your point, exactly? One might note that the displacement of
the USS Abraham Lincoln is many times that of the USS Yorktown
and the weight of an M1A1 is many times that of a M4 Sherman.

I doubt regressing to SPAD XIII weights (and performance) is
a winning prescription in the 21st century.