I wish to thank Mr. Wingham for his clearly relevant criticism of the proposed noseplane layout. I would suggest that the trouble which Mr. Wingham forsees might be avoided by mounting the noseplane as low as possible, as shown in the figure, with careful detail attention to engine positioning, alignment and air intake configuration. Also, the servo-plane would be relatively small and, trailing the air stream, cause little disturbance—surely, too, the high rear mounted mainplane now shown would exert a major smoothing effect on the general air flow pattern—per Jetstar and Caravelle?