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I am reading, in one of my "Wings of Fame" volumes, about "early prone pilot tests in the wingtip of a B-17."

I am aware of early prone-pilot testing in the Lockheed P-80 and the Gloster Meteor, but I have never heard of anything involving a guinea pig pilot apparently lying in the wingtip of a B-17, not can I find anything on the Internuts.

Anybody else ever heard of this?

Quick search found this pic

http://www.aerovintage.com/485784-5a.jpg

I remember reading that being so far from the center of roll axis made for some uncomfortable experiences.

Sean

Wow! Thanks. Your Gargling power is way better than mine.

But now that I look at it more carefully, it certainly doesn't look like a prone-pilot cockpit...

The aircraft is still flying as Sally B at Duxford, Also found this old thread

http://warbirdinformationexchange.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=64304

That would be an interesting ride!

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