Did you ever had the opportunity to testfly the me262 and/or 163? Do you think the later could have gone supersonic?
Oct 8. 1947: After this flight, I told Ridley the bad news: we can't get to MACH 1. I had lost elevator effectiveness coming close to MACH 1https://twitter.com/GenChuckYeager/status/916858589737738240 …
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Amazing that was 70 yrs ago. I had to check my math twice. Living legend.
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OK, but then they fixed it...
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That old bugbear 'compressability limit reached'
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The aviation community owes everything to the test pilots that risked & some gave their lives for the advancement of flying!
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Did you ask for a stick of beemans?
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That little red XS-1 is fragile looking up close. It amazes me that you were so trusting, that it would do what you wanted.
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It's one of many great stories in his book.
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So that’s the flight that eventually led to the full flying tail horizontal stabilizer? Very cool.
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