[sionnsar]

Same reason a tree-stand works so well - everyone (including deer) looks down!

I don't know how much those wings flex, but it might not have been all that visible from inside the plane.

[C210N]

The wings don't flex more than a few inches... I should know (see my post name).

This is simply amazing... a well loaded (3 souls on board) C210 with 5-6' of a 40' wingspan missing I would have thought would go into a definite spiral. That it went for a casual cross country is simply incredible.