[Kharon]

Two wise, far too much Wise.

I got really fed up with the “Wise” pontification when he had the aircraft halfway to hells gate in some place long forsaken by the gods.  The endless self promotion and leaps of faith required turned the stomach.  

Now he’s got barnacles – and a good story until once again a leap of faith is required.  Now I can support the ‘research’ done by others; all sound – then “tethered” is brought into the mix and it’s off on another Wise self advertising spree.  

None of the serious researchers have drawn conclusions from the ‘barnacles’ let alone a notion that somehow, the bloody aircraft was “tethered” like an old horse to a tree stump somewhere.  I call Bollocks, from a purely ‘engineering’ perspective, it’s bollocks, before we get anywhere near logistics and technique and damage.  Bollocks: even Beaker makes more sense.

Apart from that, the research was 'interesting' and well argued, pity it was hi-jacked.