So what was the fuss regarding height judgement on board the a/c in these experiments? Over mirror-calm water, relying on an old boy's judgement? How often in his fire-fighting role does he fly very low over water? Why not create a lop with a few high speed boat runs? Surely there are simple laser surveying tools that could be used these days? When I buy/ sell a house, the agent no longer uses tape!
Or even a weighted dangling string, calibrated against the shore-based sticks and strings
or, or, or ........
But not seat of the pants stuff, totally out of order. Valuable a/c, valuable co., never mind the old boy's drinking buddies.
I'm glad that the pilot will never get to fly me; 0/10 marks for airmanship from this simple Metman, and I can see why the good Dr. stayed on shore.
Very good documentary nevertheless, actually good on the physics and good at my [educated but not physics] wife's level.