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To: Aeronaut
You got that right, it almost looks like they remembered about leaving room for a pilot as an afterthought.
28 posted on 04/10/2004 8:39:06 AM PDT by SAMWolf (Proofread carefully to see if you any words out.)
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To: SAMWolf
...it almost looks like they remembered about leaving room for a pilot as an afterthought.

Actually the pilot had to be set that far back to balance the weight of the big engine ahead of the center of lift. It was a very tricky airplane to fly, and uncontrollable if it got slow.

36 posted on 04/10/2004 9:09:15 AM PDT by Aeronaut (If we are not 'one nation under God,' what are we?)
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