...Allan Lupton....no. it was right that I was shot down....I'm quite surprised at the similarity of wing loadings in the days of the Brabazon.... but it did have a bigger thickness/chord ratio at the root (21%) than the Constellation (18% L-1049, 15% L-1649A).
I suppose comparisons are of interest between the Brabazon and the Convair XC-99 which did a few thousand hours useful service with the USAF