Which aircraft will live in history forever?

"Ed Majden" wrote in message
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"Tex Houston" Or, the first straight winged aircraft to break the
sound
barrier -- the
Avro Canada CF-100 piloted by Janusz Zurakowski.

The Bell X-1 had straight wings.
http://www.nasm.si.edu/galleries/gal100/bellX1.html

Tex
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

"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! ;-)

While we're at it, should we have awards for the first delta-wing
aircraft to break the sound barrier, the first airliner to break the
sound barrier, the first bizjet to break the sound barrier, the first
orange plane to break -- oops, Glamorous Glennis was orange!

Okay, the first puce aircraft to break the sound barrier?

Get real, Canada. You are a splendid country, especially for Piper
Cubs on floats, and the Beaver was s splendid aircraft. Be content
with that.

On Sat, 29 Nov 2003 03:58:09 GMT, "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! ;-)


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"Cub Driver"
Okay, the first puce aircraft to break the sound barrier?

Might not have been the slickest aircraft ever built but it served well
looking after your northern flank with NORAD for several years. Also NATO
pleaded with Canada to send some to Europe as they did not have an effective
night fighter at the time. The sound barrier trick was not recommended and
was not possible with the MK5 CF-100. Wing tip extensions were added to
achieve a higher intercept ceiling extending the life for a few more years.
Incidentally, the CF100 was considered for service with the USAF but the
Canberra was bought instead because it was equipped to carry a bomb load.
The CF100 was not. The MK4 used two wing tip rocket pods with 29 rockets
per pod along with 8 - 50 cal machine guns in a belly gun bay. There was
also a belly rocket bay that did not work very well. The guns were removed
in the MK5 version that was used with NORAD. Great place to carry lobsters
from the east coast to various west coast mess functions. ;-) Don't tell the
wheels this was done, ha! ha!
Ed

"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.