Stability and Control characteristics of the Early Mark Spitfires

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Originally Posted by Crumpp

No, it was dependant upon a set of defined standards and measured results.

Pilot opinion was a factor of secondary importance. He was a monkey in the cockpit that operated the measuring equipment and flew the specific profiles.

He did not fly around on a sunny day to report back how wonderful the airplane felt.

What a sad, sad commentary on Crumpp's attitude towards test pilots who often put their lives on the line in all countries. I wonder what Chuck Yeager, Richard Bong or Bill Bridgeman and others would say and do to Crumpp were he to tell them that they were nothing but monkeys in a cockpit operating measuring equipment and flying set profiles...one can only dream!