Was the Australian flight based on your flights? Did they figure it out for themselves?
August 14, 1953 – Sound barrier is broken over Australia for 1st time by Flt Lt Bentleigh, Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), in 1st Australian-built Sabre fighter at Avalon, Victoria. I went Mach 2.5 just 4 mos later at Edwards AFB in the X-1A @usairforce @EdwardsAFB #Yeager
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Everything after Chuck's super-sonic flight was based on that flight including how they built the Sabre the X-15 the Concorde & Space Shuttle.. the Aussie's are our ally, so we sent them the plans, etc so the would be up to speed tho by then Chuck stretched it out way past Mach 2
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That is an accelerated learning curve from the time of four months
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Here in Australia the Sabre was built under license but with some modifications to accept a Rolls Royce Avon engine.
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I thought you were the first to break the speed of sound. Guess I learned something today.
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