@bencooper @manxboy the moving tail wasnt invented for the miles m 52 then? apologies if incorrect
Misinformed. The Brits did not help us thru the sound barrier. One documentary with false informationhttps://twitter.com/peterrhyshughes/status/772115296148660224 …
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Rerun of a documentary on the AHC channel on now about fighter plane development.
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Paperclip was rocketry and turbines, but Anselm Fritz didn't work at Lycoming until '51, 5 years after X-1
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Was the jet fuel refined by BP? I think that would be the only connection.
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A British sci-fi film, maybe Spaceways (1953), depicted British pilots diving to break the barrier. But that was
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@peterrhyshughes@bencooper@manxboy IIRC@GenChuckYeager said reversing controls would've killed Peel. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sound_Barrier …Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@peterrhyshughes@bencooper@manxboy - Where are you getting your information? The British had no input on the X-1 program. -
it was a doc re miles aircraft . its on youtube. discovery channel
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