Originally Posted by chevvron
During the war, the Germans built a glider-fighter with a prone pilot. Bet that could pull more G's than any other contemporary fighter!
The British experimented with something similar aftwards as well (a modified Meteor I think).
I gather that whilst you could pull lots of g, and get the fuselage section down (thus reducing drag) it was virtually impossible for the pilot to move their head effectively to maintain an effective scan.
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