Understood...(ish)... I guess....something something similitude kayaking something something "boats" and "island"
This will just take a minute or two, perhaps someone else is interested in this insight:-
He's assertive, he says it is so ridiculous (that perhaps the reader who might look up to him thinks that if I believe that I'm also ridiculous).
He even says that it's so ridiculous that why on earth would they even take such a photo or publish it.
Not even remotely airworthy?
Two wooden struts are broken, would two broken struts result in catastrophic failure?
Well, let's zoom in on the plane and look at the wires.
The first word that first comes to me is:-
It might not be exactly the same thing but similar.
Here's a modern day recreation of this glider.
So I don't think Mathis is doing a very good job at the very beginning of the document even....