Aircraft don't stretch and keep their certificate, I know that, but those of that era do rattle and get drafty. So on that basis you do another character assassination.
I said it was political didn't I? At the end you discover how much it has cost him, personally. No young scientist can risk his/her career this way.
This came up because Tristan is complaining that "the right" say naughty things to him. Grow up, we all cop it.
