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johnfowles · 02-07-2008, 04:26 PM

The Russians stopped when they found that having beaten Concord (which they obviously heavily copied (the result of much espionage no doubt)) into the air they could not make it pay and their own verry public Paris crash was due to over zealous showing off by the Russian pilot acording to a video I have
The Air France 2001 Paris crash was basically because it scooped up something deposited on the runway by an American airliner
Neither were by a long way the first aeroplanes to exceed the speed of sound and creating a sonic boom that honour belongs to the USAF in and their test pilot Chuck Yeager in the Bell X1 in 1947

Yeager in front of the Bell X-1, which, as with all of the aircraft assigned to him, he named Glamorous Glennis (or some variation thereof), after his wife.
that is a great wiki. well worth reading
I never before read
"finishing the war with 11.5 official victories, including one of the first air-to-air victories over a jet fighter (a German Me-262). Two of his "ace in a day" kills were scored without firing a single shot; he flew into firing position against an Me-109 and the pilot of the aircraft panicked, breaking to starboard and colliding with his wingman; Yeager later reported both pilots bailed out."
I did however know that
"Two nights before the scheduled date for the flight, he broke two ribs while riding a horse"
Quite a man. he will be 85 on Februay 13th it seems

02-07-2008, 04:26 PM	#21
johnfowles Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: New Jersey U.S.A. ex UK and Canada Posts: 4,846	Re: Way to Go Down Under The Russians stopped when they found that having beaten Concord (which they obviously heavily copied (the result of much espionage no doubt)) into the air they could not make it pay and their own verry public Paris crash was due to over zealous showing off by the Russian pilot acording to a video I have The Air France 2001 Paris crash was basically because it scooped up something deposited on the runway by an American airliner Neither were by a long way the first aeroplanes to exceed the speed of sound and creating a sonic boom that honour belongs to the USAF in and their test pilot Chuck Yeager in the Bell X1 in 1947 Yeager in front of the Bell X-1, which, as with all of the aircraft assigned to him, he named Glamorous Glennis (or some variation thereof), after his wife. that is a great wiki. well worth reading I never before read "finishing the war with 11.5 official victories, including one of the first air-to-air victories over a jet fighter (a German Me-262). Two of his "ace in a day" kills were scored without firing a single shot; he flew into firing position against an Me-109 and the pilot of the aircraft panicked, breaking to starboard and colliding with his wingman; Yeager later reported both pilots bailed out." I did however know that "Two nights before the scheduled date for the flight, he broke two ribs while riding a horse" Quite a man. he will be 85 on Februay 13th it seems __________________ "Sir" John Fowles Bt Honorary Curator Bootleg Museum (where Sir does not signify that I am a fully benighted Knight just a Bt which signifies a humble Baronet -?? read the wiki!) I meant no one no harm Once inside we found a curious moonbeam Doing dances on the floor Last edited by johnfowles; 02-07-2008 at 04:29 PM.