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Old 12th Dec 2020, 10:39
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There is unsubstantiated rumor that a Me-262 went supersonic towards the end of WW II.
There's quite a bit on early - probably inadvertent and unrecorded - supersonic excursions in various types in Winkle Brown's "Wings on my Sleeve" - which you should read anyway!

Winkle was a great proponent of the Miles M52 (an early political cancellation?) which would have been a likely contender to beat Chuck to it - but it didn't!!

He (Winkle) wrote a book on the M52, which I'm about to start reading - when I finish re-reading "Wings"!
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