"Graham Sheldon" wrote in message
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Talking about "The Sound Barrier" as a work of fiction showing the
British achieving supersonic flight, I seem to recall reading/hearing
somewhere that in actual fact the British were well advanced in
researching this and had designed and built an aeroplane - the Miles M52 I
think - which could well have achieved this. Then the US and British
Governments decided they would pool their research to achieve it. So the
British handed over all their info to the US who then refused to hand over
their info, due to "security reasons". The British did not proceed any
further but the US continued on (now with the benefit of all the British
research and design) and eventually produce the Bell X-1 - which looks
suspiciously like the Miles M52 - and do the deed!

Yes that was the case. The British were PROMISED
all the data and designs gained by US experiments
in this field, but wonder of wonders the British
got NOTHING.