[Willy]

I'm inclined to agree with Magpie,...

With all respect to the good intentions of Magpie's original sentiment...

As perhaps an additional thought... perhaps it might be prudent to perhaps just drop the modification of the current planes - albiet they are historically more true, it seems to me that its more trouble than its worth... no matter how true to history you get...

...it misses an obvious and fundamental factor. This has already been done, it's too late to go back.

...adding things or changing things in the planes that are flyable by default is a dangerous road. Adding Mirrors to planes seemed harmless at first, but it's a slippery slope to potentially more dangerous modifications.

I think it would be in the best interest of all parties to wait a spell before changing minor things like adding mirrors and gunsights to default planes. It's definitely something that should be done at some point, but right now it would give the Antimod crowd a whole lot of fuel.

Gizmog, are you really that concerned about what the "antimod crowd" might think? Because if you are, I feel for you, for as with Magpie's sentiment above, it's just too late.