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What WW2 plane broke the sound barrier?
Do any readers know what particular plane in World War 2,
was rumored to have broke the sound barrier ? |
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What WW2 plane broke the sound barrier?
Me 163 Komet
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What WW2 plane broke the sound barrier?
"Boris" wrote in message ups.com... Do any readers know what particular plane in World War 2, was rumored to have broke the sound barrier ? There were lots of claims of WWII aircraft breaking the sound barrier. The P-47, Me-262, and Me-163 come to mind. The claims have been pretty well debunked because none of those aircraft would have been controllable beyond ..85 or .9 mach. Beyond that, no WWII aircraft had enough power combined or a clean enough airframe to go that fast. Consider that the F-86, with far more engine power and a swept wing was *barely* supersonic, and only in a steep dive. KB |
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"Kyle Boatright" wrote: ..the F-86, with far more engine power and a swept wing was *barely* supersonic, and only in a steep dive. Back in 1952, I was a little kid living on Williams AFB in Arizona. In those days, nobody made so much fuss about noise, and the F-86 jocks on the base regularly made everyone jump with mach 1+ dives. We kids loved it. -- Dan C172RG at BFM |
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"Dan Luke" wrote in message ... "Kyle Boatright" wrote: ..the F-86, with far more engine power and a swept wing was *barely* supersonic, and only in a steep dive. Back in 1952, I was a little kid living on Williams AFB in Arizona. In those days, nobody made so much fuss about noise, and the F-86 jocks on the base regularly made everyone jump with mach 1+ dives. We kids loved it. -- Dan C172RG at BFM Aaah, the good old days. When airplane noise was a good thing and being a pilot was a novel and respected profession or avocation. Unlike today when there are plenty of folks out there who'd legislate us out of "their" skies in a minute... KB |
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The Air Force even advertised "THE SOUND of FREEDOM"
-- The people think the Constitution protects their rights; But government sees it as an obstacle to be overcome. some support http://www.usdoj.gov/olc/secondamendment2.htm See http://www.fija.org/ more about your rights and duties. "Kyle Boatright" wrote in message . .. | | "Dan Luke" wrote in message | ... | | "Kyle Boatright" wrote: | ..the F-86, with far more engine power and a swept wing was *barely* | supersonic, and only in a steep dive. | | Back in 1952, I was a little kid living on Williams AFB in Arizona. In | those days, nobody made so much fuss about noise, and the F-86 jocks on | the base regularly made everyone jump with mach 1+ dives. We kids loved | it. | | -- | Dan | C172RG at BFM | | Aaah, the good old days. When airplane noise was a good thing and being a | pilot was a novel and respected profession or avocation. Unlike today when | there are plenty of folks out there who'd legislate us out of "their" skies | in a minute... | | KB | | |
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What WW2 plane broke the sound barrier?
In article . com,
"Boris" wrote: Do any readers know what particular plane in World War 2, was rumored to have broke the sound barrier ? Lockheed P-38 Lightning revealed Mach tuck phenomenum, its cause and fix. |
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What WW2 plane broke the sound barrier?
"Dan Luke" wrote in message ... "Kyle Boatright" wrote: ..the F-86, with far more engine power and a swept wing was *barely* supersonic, and only in a steep dive. Back in 1952, I was a little kid living on Williams AFB in Arizona. In those days, nobody made so much fuss about noise, and the F-86 jocks on the base regularly made everyone jump with mach 1+ dives. We kids loved it. Been back to Williams lately? My BIL lives about three miles from there. http://www.airnav.com/airport/KIWA |
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What WW2 plane broke the sound barrier?
"Kyle Boatright" wrote in message . .. Aaah, the good old days. When airplane noise was a good thing and being a pilot was a novel and respected profession or avocation. Unlike today when there are plenty of folks out there who'd legislate us out of "their" skies in a minute... Ask an old (subjective, sure) person about noise and they'll tell you about when noise from trains was a welcome sign of the restoration of prosperity after the Great Depression. |
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Lockheed P-38 Lightning revealed Mach tuck phenomenum, its cause and fix.
It wasn't mach tuck IIRC as the plane wouldn't go that fast. It was flight control compressibility in a high speed dive that froze the stick. The J model had dive brakes for just that reason. |
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