I've said this before, but as an engineer I really appreciate the Bailey-pattern design. It's an amazingly efficient design that does what it's supposed to with a relative minimum of cost and complexity.
I'm not as impressed by the Bedrock pattern.
+1 on that, all my Bedrock planes have been sold off. Using them on the same work any difference was imperceptible.
To me the round hump on the Bailey and early Bedrock lines are more appealing than the flat top on the later Bedrocks and many of the current planes.
jtk
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