re: #60 William Barnett-Lewis

Back around 2003, people finally took a really close look at the “Flyer” and modeled it in MS Flight Sim. I doubt there is anything remotely as nasty to fly that has been successful since. Yet, they managed because they built off of the gliders they’d built. It was how they expected a plane to fly. We’ve learned much better since then …

‘Cause, damn, Curtis’ pusher birds were bad enough but the actual early Wright Brother’s aircraft were some seriously nasty airplanes to fly.

I could fly anything in the sim. Except for landing the F-104. That was my widow maker.