Q fr @art_burke Did people seriously believe supersonic was impossible, like they believed that the 4-minute mile was impossible,for reasons pre-ordained by nature? A: Yes & on my 7th powered flight, I thought it might be impossible in the X-1 @USAirForce @USAF_ACC @DeptofDefense
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I doubt that the engineers thought it was impossible. The V2 flew at Mach 3 and it was stable. They probably had questions about how controllable supersonic flight was. I don’t know what the pilots thought about it though.
Too simplistic with 20-20 hindsight. How old are you?
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In 66. I’ve worked as an engineer in aerospace most of my career. Would they really have risked your life if they didn’t think it could be done? As you said, the question was whether the X1 could do it.
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Yes, they would have - do you know how many streets are named after dead pilots trying to get data? I would not have flown if we had not overcome the problems I encountered in the 7th powered flight
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