Originally Posted by
farsouth
Re. The article in The Times, does anyone here knowledgeable about Stearmans know what this comment from T C-T might be referring to?
Just wondering what "limited front controls" might be - I had assumed it would either have dual controls or not have them, but not half and half. ��
The Stearman is/was a basic trainer, so has, as standard, all the flight controls duplicated in both cockpits. Apart from that, I doubt that a high time commercial pilot and owner of the a/craft would want to sit in with no chance to correct a low time private pilot's possible errors. I suppose he could just do the Nav.... though there might have been insurance considerations after the early parts of the first SA flight.
Looking at the CV of the Times journalist, it appears he is a pilot too. Which makes the article even more surprizing.
OOPs, My slow typing and distractions got me in after Pilot Dar with the same ideas.