Pilots and their egos

[Crash one]

Originally Posted by megan

horizon flyer, the XS-1 and Miles M.52 is a story I've studied in some detail, and it's the British who have the wrong end of the stick, all due to the false story spread by Eric "Winkle" Brown.

I've spelled it out starting on this page here,

www.pprune.org/aviation-history-nostalgia/356885-miles-m-52-x-1-again-3.htmlNever come across it Sam in all my travels.

I thought it was all to do with the all flying tail that Miles aircraft developed and given to the Americans in exchange for their research, which they subsequently declined to give us.
As for Chuck Yeager didn't he fail to get into the space program so tried to put the 104 into orbit, ran out of air and flamed out?

[megan]

I thought it was all to do with the all flying tail that Miles aircraft developed and given to the Americans

Crash, read my posts in the link provided, it provides the story.

Nothing on the M.52 made it into the X-1. Pitch control was supplied by two completely different avenues. The M.52 had what these days is referred to as a "slab", and is to be seen on F-16, F-15, Tornado. The hinge moments on a supersonic aircraft such as the M.52 with this type of tail requires powered controls. The X-1 tail set up was of a stabiliser on which its incidence could be altered for trimming purposes by a pneumatic motor powered by compressed nitrogen. Attached to the stabiliser was the elevator which was powered purely by pilot muscle through mechanical linkages.

It is unfortunate for history that the false stories, myths, call them what you will, propagated by Eric Brown have become institutionalised facts.

[Shaggy Sheep Driver]

One even went on to marry a Philippine lady many years his junior.

Hmmm. So maybe not so smart? I know a few blokes who have done that late in life and got turned over financially.

[Sam Rutherford]

...but what a turning over they got for their money!