Thud: You're right. It's flawed! Just as the Wright Flyer was and the Model T Ford too. It really doesn't matter that old stuff is flawed. It creates progression.
The de Havilland company were prepared to experiment and thank heavens they did for this British company invented the world's first ever jet airliner and the most successful, efficient bomber aircraft of WWII and a whole string of wonderful things that we no longer use because we progress.
Thank heavens for the British Aviation industry, it makes aero-engines for Boeings - among others. That can't be so bad a position to be in.
If mechanical toe-brakes are so good, why do airlines use computerised ones now? Because mechanical toe-brakes just aren't good enough any more!
These flawed brakes created pilots of character who had the ability to adapt to differing situations and react efficiently to the unexpected. That's got to be good.
Thud - I agree with you. Let's celebrate flaws and the lessons we learn from them.
