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Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

12th Jan 2009, 02:29

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Miles M.52 and the X-1 - again!

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Posted By Tim McLelland

I'm treading carefuly with this subject in my...

I'm treading carefuly with this subject in my Lightning book. I've re-traced the story in brief and concluded that there's no evidence to support any particular reason why the project was abandoned,...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

8th Jan 2009, 23:06

Replies: 88

Miles M.52 and the X-1 - again!

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Posted By Tim McLelland

Yup, that's pretty-much the sort of tale that...

Yup, that's pretty-much the sort of tale that every magazine and book relates. It all sounds great but it still leaves the suggestion that there was some sort of dark plot involved. The story about...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

8th Jan 2009, 04:10

Replies: 88

Miles M.52 and the X-1 - again!

Views: 324,583

Posted By Tim McLelland

Well the TSR2 is an entirely different story...

Well the TSR2 is an entirely different story which I'm also having to follow at the moment in connection with another publishing project. Like the M.52, it has a lot of sentimentality and urban myth...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

7th Jan 2009, 12:54

Replies: 88

Miles M.52 and the X-1 - again!

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Posted By Tim McLelland

hmm... well maybe, but even our government...

hmm... well maybe, but even our government wouldn't be that stupid! I think it's safe to assume that there must have been some motivation to hand-over data. But then, the more I read about this saga,...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

6th Jan 2009, 21:13

Replies: 88

Miles M.52 and the X-1 - again!

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Posted By Tim McLelland

Indeed, I quite agree, but the mystery is...

Indeed, I quite agree, but the mystery is precisely what the Government got (or expected to get) in retrun for handing-over data. The story is churned-out time and time again but there seems to be no...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

6th Jan 2009, 13:34

Replies: 88

Miles M.52 and the X-1 - again!

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Posted By Tim McLelland

Hmm, it's quite a mystery. Reason I asked is...

Hmm, it's quite a mystery. Reason I asked is because I was writing a basic account of the M.52 story for my forthcoming Lightning book and although it's easy to re-trace the story as related in many...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

5th Jan 2009, 22:10

Replies: 88

Miles M.52 and the X-1 - again!

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Posted By Tim McLelland

Miles M.52 and the X-1 - again!

I've been thumbing-through the various snippets about the aborted M.52 project and I'm trying (as best I can!) to establish what the true story was - rather than the usual urban myths that get...

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