"Tex Houston" The Bell X-1 was a rocket powered aircraft, not a jet!
Ed


And where did that restriction appear in the sentence: "Or, the first
straight winged aircraft to break the sound
barrier -- the
Avro Canada CF-100 piloted by Janusz Zurakowski." ? I just took it at
face
value. Should I have read his mind?

Tex

I could also add the CF-100 Mk-4 was an operational jet fighter instead
of an experimental aircraft but that might **** you off to! ;-)