Whitley test "produced a failure at 98% of the design load" is that good?

[Bill Walker]

Don't ask me for a reference, but I seem to recall asymmetric loading being discussed at the university level in pre-war papers. (The classic rolling pull-up.) Whether it had made its way into RAF requirements is another question.

In today's terms, ultimate load can be 150% design load or 150% service load. As I said, without knowing more it is hard to draw firm conclusions about this test result.

And I have had more than one boss who would tell you that failure at 102% meant the @#$%& thing was too heavy!