Originally Posted by
Lookleft
Page 180 in Fate is the Hunter makes reference to boffins getting the crews to operate at reduced RPM and MP so I imagine that operating LOP was part of it. EK Gann found that it was bollocks in practise, but then again what would he know.
Well, frankly, not much. Gann also believed in the myth of getting an airplane "One the step". His tale of south American mechanics sabotaging his airplane by putting water in the oil, which resulted in (according to him) the steam pressure blowing the oil filler caps off of his oil tanks is indicative of an embarrassing lack of systems knowledge.
Gann was a great story teller, but not particularly knowledgeable about technical matters.