Thank you all for the kind words

Fido, I also fly mostly bush and vintage, love the twin rounds, but figured this ones beauty might distract from any flaws I might produce.........'bout the 45, my 'right' had control while I stepped out to admire the view. Wasn't a big problem, as only a few family and close friends on board, but I did speak to him 'bout it

Cheers,
dave
At that time [1909] the chief engineer was almost always the chief test pilot as well. That had the fortunate result of eliminating poor engineering early in aviation.