Except on the part of the wind tunnel argument, I agree on Pursuivant general comment.
I have seen these same wind tunnel argument against pilot tests with prototypes. German pilot tests could be biassed, and german wind tunnels were too bad to get good results...
It is a what if plane, and it could have been implemented with a less pricky orientation. Other what if's have been less pricky implemented, that is the real request. If it implies changing two parameters it is not that much work. Also... they could pork the other protoype and just scratch both planes, since nobody will care about them anyway.
Some people like to fly what if's, korean war, bi-planes, or whatever their tastes should be. There is no need to jump on any of them.
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