Herc Jerk;
You are the one who has it all wrong, not Menen. Any competent DC3 pilot should be able to feather a damaged engine and land on one. It has been done countless times in the past but unfortunately todays pilots do not like the feeling of applying sufficient rudder to level the wheel , in fact I would go as far as to say you dont even know what that means. The Botany bay affair you refer to involved the misuse of the rudder and ailerons by the copilot ( who was flying ) which in turn caused so much drag at a critical stage that the aircraft ran out of speed. The captain saved the day by recognising the danger and put it in the water while it was still under some control. 828a.