Bulldog, it was 1969/70 when the Ryan appeared. He'd restored it, but with a
Continental (I think) engine. It had a polished aluminium skin.
I remember him chuckling one day after an inspector came out (Can't remember whether it was DCA/DOT etc) for a Certificate of Airworthiness flight test.
He said when the guy got back on the ground he wanted to fight Bill. He'd put it in a spin and couldn't get out. He said Bill was lucky he didn't just bail out and leave it to drop.
Bill had done it before, but hadn't told him the engine masked the rudder and the only way to get out was a burst of full throttle.