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[Joseph Testagrose]

[Andrew Chaplin]

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I get a crick in my neck just looking at this set-up.
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Andrew Chaplin
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[Ri©ardo[_2_]]

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/collections/gloster-meteor-f8-prone-position/

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

Ri©ardo

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[Andrew Chaplin]

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/collections/gloster-meteor-f8-prone
> -position/
>
> http://www.aviastar.org/air/england/gloster_meteorprone.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.
--
Andrew Chaplin
SIT MIHI GLADIUS SICUT SANCTO MARTINO
(If you're going to e-mail me, you'll have to get "yourfinger." out.)

[Ri©ardo[_2_]]

On 01/01/2015 18:25, Andrew Chaplin wrote:
> Ri©ardo > wrote in
> :
>
>> 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/collections/gloster-meteor-f8-prone
>> -position/
>>
>> http://www.aviastar.org/air/england/gloster_meteorprone.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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