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At least there would have been no need for a coffin!In Britain two prone piloting aircraft flew - the Reid and Sigrist Bobsleigh http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reid_and_Sigrist_R.S.3 and an adapted Gloster Meteor http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gloster_Meteor_F8_%22Prone_Pilot%22. One of those ideas that had paper advantages (reduced g forces) but proved inconvenient in practice (and g-suits came along).I think it was John Fozard, when talking about the early tail-sitting VTOL aircraft that had pilots lying on their back for take-off/landing, that said "it is a good position, but not for flying!" Goes for prone piloting too, IMHO! That said, hang-gliders do OK with it (no control stick in funny places).
At least there would have been no need for a coffin!
In Britain two prone piloting aircraft flew - the Reid and Sigrist Bobsleigh http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reid_and_Sigrist_R.S.3 and an adapted Gloster Meteor http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gloster_Meteor_F8_%22Prone_Pilot%22. One of those ideas that had paper advantages (reduced g forces) but proved inconvenient in practice (and g-suits came along).
I think it was John Fozard, when talking about the early tail-sitting VTOL aircraft that had pilots lying on their back for take-off/landing, that said "it is a good position, but not for flying!" Goes for prone piloting too, IMHO! That said, hang-gliders do OK with it (no control stick in funny places).
