simplex1
Anyway, after seeing a few pictures of a plane built by Pearse, I immediately started to suspect he was a schizophrenic. (Schizophrenics with technical abilities build machines looking like a big mess, a combination between logical and illogical things). Reading his biography I found out that he had died in a hospital for mentally ill people after becoming obsessed somebody will still his inventions. Therefore, my initial guess was not far from the truth.
I am afraid that such comments do nothing to prove/disprove his flying efforts.