usterdboy: LOL I'm hardly British. I was raised on USAF bases around the world. Obviously you missed the TIC comment. Airplanes suffering compressability and losing control happened a lot during the war. Even Gen. Yeager was almost a victim of that very thing. Too much speed in a dive claimed many a pilot. General Yeager is one of my most admired men. LOL and don't let your mommy find out you are calling people names. She might take away your computer.
Oh Yeah! Everybody , On the subject on rather the sound barrier had been broken during the war well before Yeager in '47. I'm sure it had been broken during the war. Probably several times! Also, probably by pilots in a ballsout dive trying to get away from a pursueing fighter shooting them down and being broken 5 seconds before the a/c drilled a hole in the ground.
@byron500 Yes, everytime a great technical threshold is crossed, there's always stuff like that. The wright brothers, Spirit of St. Louis, Voyager, etc.. History and historians have a way of brushing off all that 'kinda, sorta, almost' crap and focusing on the real deals.
Hardly stolen British secrets. I doubt there was much in the way of secrets between the British and the Americans specifically with technology. The marriage of British powerplants and the North American P-51 design for example.
@hawker445 It was the British who solved the X-1's stability problems by moving the whole tailplane instead of just the rear section of it as was done previously but now the Americans claim that it was them who discovered it when everyone esle knows it wasn't
And i dont know what you mean by "moving the whole tailplane instead of just the rear section of it as was done previously" that doesn't make any sense im in aviation but ive never heard of a tail plane. Do you mean the tail section?
@betulakevinii oh, and you should be thanking us. with out the US germany would have created the 1st atomic weapon, would have made all of the secret jet aircraft which would have dominated the skies, britian would have been destroyed if it weren't for the US .of course there were other countries but we sent in more troops and supplies than any other foreign country. oh and may i remind you that britians economy was a bust after WW2
It was remarkable that a straight-winged aircraft was able to crack the sound barrier. Yeager had "The Right Stuff" to make the attempt at something that was extremely hazardous. The parachute he had would have been useless in an emergency: There was no way he could have safely egressed from this aircraft. Full kudos to our British cousins for all of their expertise in aircraft design, but I would also remind them that Geoffrey DeHavilland died in his attempt on the sound barrier.
@usafvet100 And the British had pretty much given up on braking the "Sound Barrier" after losing De Havilland. I'm not for giving them any credit on the aircraft design either. 'Specially since the "Swallow" was tailless. Quite frankly. If not for Jack Ridley. I wonder if the Speed of Sound would have been broken in '47.
@usafvet100 And the British had pretty much given up on braking the "Sound Barrier" after losing De Havilland. I'm not for giving them any credit on the aircraft design either. 'Specially since the "Swallow" was tailless. Quite frankly. If not for Jack Ridley. I wonder if the Speed of Sound would have been broken in '47.
U.S. efforts progressed apace soon after Britain had disclosed all its research and designs to the U.S. government on the promise that U.S. information would be shared the other way - a promise that the Americans did not keep.
United Kingdom's Ministry of Aviation began a top secret project with Miles Aircraft to develop the world's first aircraft capable of breaking the sound barrier. The project resulted in the development of the prototype Miles M.52 jet aircraft, which was designed to reach 1,000 mph (417 m/s; 1,600 km/h) at 36,000 ft (11 km) in 1 minute 30 sec.
Listen, I love the Brits: your humor, TV shows, music, awesome accents, emotional detachment, eloquence, etc. Sometimes I even feel like I was British in a former life or something... But man, do you guys have a wicked inferiority complex. Relax - you're awesome. As much as people love to rag on America, we've accomplished a hell of a lot in 235 years. And in engineering, just like in music, art, literature, business - THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS AN ORIGINAL THOUGHT. (Da Vinci excluded.)
@wellytopjohnny The Bell X1s fuselage was designed before any data was shared by the British and was from the beginning a rocket powered aircraft. Yeager even mentioned in his notes that a full flying-wing was useless at .94. Brit data transfer was not very useful, also the moving tail-plane were on German planes of the past. Miles debacle was trying jet power with the straight wings of the time. Typical British, whining because they don't receive the attention of the past.
BTW. Happy Birthday Gen. Yeager. Feb. 13th 2012. 89 years old.
byron500 3 weeks ago
usterdboy: LOL I'm hardly British. I was raised on USAF bases around the world. Obviously you missed the TIC comment. Airplanes suffering compressability and losing control happened a lot during the war. Even Gen. Yeager was almost a victim of that very thing. Too much speed in a dive claimed many a pilot. General Yeager is one of my most admired men. LOL and don't let your mommy find out you are calling people names. She might take away your computer.
byron500 3 weeks ago
Today is the anniversary of Mr. Yeager's brave achievement. Thank you sir.
grippin762 4 months ago
@Freeleacher Could woulda shoulda, did not.
andrewr62 4 months ago
0:41 Yeager and Gen, Albert G. Boyd, 0:55 Jack Ridley, flight engineer The roll at 3:00 was against all USAF regulations
richintalent 6 months ago
Oh Yeah! Everybody , On the subject on rather the sound barrier had been broken during the war well before Yeager in '47. I'm sure it had been broken during the war. Probably several times! Also, probably by pilots in a ballsout dive trying to get away from a pursueing fighter shooting them down and being broken 5 seconds before the a/c drilled a hole in the ground.
byron500 9 months ago
@byron500 Yes, everytime a great technical threshold is crossed, there's always stuff like that. The wright brothers, Spirit of St. Louis, Voyager, etc.. History and historians have a way of brushing off all that 'kinda, sorta, almost' crap and focusing on the real deals.
greenseaships 5 months ago
@byron500 Hey idiot the X-1 was the first. I guess your British though "god forgive you for being a stupid brit"
usterdboy 4 weeks ago
Hardly stolen British secrets. I doubt there was much in the way of secrets between the British and the Americans specifically with technology. The marriage of British powerplants and the North American P-51 design for example.
byron500 9 months ago
Well done Yanks. Amazing what you can do with stolen BRITISH technology.
betulakevinii 9 months ago
@betulakevinii now what did WE Steal.
hawker445 9 months ago
@hawker445 It was the British who solved the X-1's stability problems by moving the whole tailplane instead of just the rear section of it as was done previously but now the Americans claim that it was them who discovered it when everyone esle knows it wasn't
aspiringdrummer17 9 months ago
@aspiringdrummer17 any facts to support that?
And i dont know what you mean by "moving the whole tailplane instead of just the rear section of it as was done previously" that doesn't make any sense im in aviation but ive never heard of a tail plane. Do you mean the tail section?
hawker445 9 months ago
@hawker445 You are mistaken, check Wikipedia for: "tailplane".
LechuCzechu 9 months ago
@betulakevinii oh, and you should be thanking us. with out the US germany would have created the 1st atomic weapon, would have made all of the secret jet aircraft which would have dominated the skies, britian would have been destroyed if it weren't for the US .of course there were other countries but we sent in more troops and supplies than any other foreign country. oh and may i remind you that britians economy was a bust after WW2
hawker445 9 months ago
@hawker445 A fair point, well made. We won the war but we lost the peace.
betulakevinii 9 months ago
This is a copy of the Me 163 third rich of nazi germany rocket plane
Burdock007 10 months ago
@Burdock007 not even close
hawker445 9 months ago
It was remarkable that a straight-winged aircraft was able to crack the sound barrier. Yeager had "The Right Stuff" to make the attempt at something that was extremely hazardous. The parachute he had would have been useless in an emergency: There was no way he could have safely egressed from this aircraft. Full kudos to our British cousins for all of their expertise in aircraft design, but I would also remind them that Geoffrey DeHavilland died in his attempt on the sound barrier.
usafvet100 10 months ago
@usafvet100 And the British had pretty much given up on braking the "Sound Barrier" after losing De Havilland. I'm not for giving them any credit on the aircraft design either. 'Specially since the "Swallow" was tailless. Quite frankly. If not for Jack Ridley. I wonder if the Speed of Sound would have been broken in '47.
byron500 9 months ago
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@usafvet100 And the British had pretty much given up on braking the "Sound Barrier" after losing De Havilland. I'm not for giving them any credit on the aircraft design either. 'Specially since the "Swallow" was tailless. Quite frankly. If not for Jack Ridley. I wonder if the Speed of Sound would have been broken in '47.
byron500 9 months ago
What a crock, a blimped out version of the ME-163. They should have had some integrity and put the swastika on the tail.
Robert111 10 months ago
U.S. efforts progressed apace soon after Britain had disclosed all its research and designs to the U.S. government on the promise that U.S. information would be shared the other way - a promise that the Americans did not keep.
MyMerlin1 10 months ago
United Kingdom's Ministry of Aviation began a top secret project with Miles Aircraft to develop the world's first aircraft capable of breaking the sound barrier. The project resulted in the development of the prototype Miles M.52 jet aircraft, which was designed to reach 1,000 mph (417 m/s; 1,600 km/h) at 36,000 ft (11 km) in 1 minute 30 sec.
MyMerlin1 10 months ago
2:54 Do a barrel roll!
tonyrosam 10 months ago
Listen, I love the Brits: your humor, TV shows, music, awesome accents, emotional detachment, eloquence, etc. Sometimes I even feel like I was British in a former life or something... But man, do you guys have a wicked inferiority complex. Relax - you're awesome. As much as people love to rag on America, we've accomplished a hell of a lot in 235 years. And in engineering, just like in music, art, literature, business - THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS AN ORIGINAL THOUGHT. (Da Vinci excluded.)
mcadarette 11 months ago
Ah the famous aileron roll that nearly killed him
GeneralG1810 1 year ago
@wellytopjohnny so true. It was british research and technology that broke the sound barrier! The americans just stoll it.
TheFlyingPineapple 1 year ago
I miss the B-29 just as much :(
PigeonPair 1 year ago
Anyone ever think of using this video to debunk the "chem-trails" theory?
999ajbell 1 year ago
@wellytopjohnny 5 years?
Spec. issue: X1-Dec 44, Mockup Oct 45, 1st Flight Dec 46, SS Oct 47..
Spec M.52-Fall 43, Early 46 the UK sent over design info which in themselves were not fully completed.
Bell had no idea of the M.52 due to secrecy.
Around the time that Yeager stated the elevators were useless at .94 was before British design data was available.
Ridley suggested an "auxiliary pitch mechanism" and the rest is SS history ;)
amitdas91 1 year ago
@wellytopjohnny The Bell X1s fuselage was designed before any data was shared by the British and was from the beginning a rocket powered aircraft. Yeager even mentioned in his notes that a full flying-wing was useless at .94. Brit data transfer was not very useful, also the moving tail-plane were on German planes of the past. Miles debacle was trying jet power with the straight wings of the time. Typical British, whining because they don't receive the attention of the past.
amitdas91 1 year ago
typical Americans
stolen British ideas
nickjgriff 1 year ago
Wonderful! I've been looking for this longer version for years.
I have the 39 sec official Dryden clip. Well done!
Dreamsender 1 year ago