Pity, but perhaps better than many of us, who have firm views of no substance...
I love the snippet from the test pilot's report on the Blackburn Botha - " ... entering the cockpit of the aircraft is difficult. It should be made impossible."
in the first instance you never said a truer word. . . . you probably have at times exhibited a whim of iron
. .. . . . also along the lines of he whom many think an idiot for being so silent . .. . it is only when he opens his mouth all doubt is removed . . .. . a new pilot fresh out of Point Cook the RAAF basic training base was posted to a distant squadron . . his file having attached to it a note from CO to CO . ."Harry . . do what what you can with this man . . . he does tend to push on doors marked pull ..
way off topic there . . in the second instance mention of the abysmal Botha is typical of so many droll comments and marginal notes on multitudes of types a compendium of which today would be entertaining .
e.g. this aircraft exhibits a great reluctance to leave the ground .. . either a design fault or radical safety measure