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The Prone Pilot Position*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 July 2016

Roger Cansdale*
Affiliation:
Bristol Branch

Extract

When Man first dreamt of flying, he most probably envisaged himself soaring through the air with wings on his arms, and his legs trailing behind him like a bird's. This mental picture quite likely influenced a good deal of his early aeronautical thinking and it is a curious fact that even in comparatively recent years a number of the more bizarre aircraft have incorporated a prone pilot position as if the designers, having abandoned orthodox practice, had also reverted to what perhaps seemed a more natural position.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society 1963

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Footnotes

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Under 21 Years of Age Group.

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