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November 29th 03, 01:00 PM
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"Ed Majden" wrote:.
| | "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! ;-) The normal claim is that it was the first straight wing aircraft to exceed Mach 1 in a DIVE without the assistance of a ROCKET. btw. The Mk-4 he was flying was a preproduction model. 
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