I agree with HWD. In fact, I removed the rudder from my aircraft, because Langeweische said I don't need it!
Seriously, he had some fairly wrong ideas about the future of aviation, but aside from that it's one of the most informative reads there is.
(And wasn't it the boss of IBM who said, back in the 70's, that by the turn of the century computers would be so powerful that it would only take one computer to satisfy the computing needs of the whole world? IBM haven't done badly since then, so there's nothing so bad with being a bit wrong now and then!)
FFF
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