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Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

2nd May 2010, 03:35

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

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Posted By Brian Abraham

I so happened to be viewing a photo of an...

I so happened to be viewing a photo of an aircraft today and it struck me that the tailplane looked like, would you believe, a slab. And no doubt about it as further investigation proved. The honour...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

12th Jan 2009, 05:31

Replies: 88

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

Views: 324,583

Posted By Brian Abraham

Tim, this link BellX-2.com | A Shadow over the...

Tim, this link BellX-2.com | A Shadow over the Horizon (http://www.bellx-2.com/sightings/horizon/article.html) may well lead one to ponder that some one may have got his "X's" mixed. Given the...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

10th Jan 2009, 08:30

Replies: 88

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

Views: 324,583

Posted By Brian Abraham

Tim, don't know if you have seen this 59 minute...

Tim, don't know if you have seen this 59 minute video Video Player > Test Pilot discussion (http://www.space.co.uk/DataBank/VideoGallery/VideoPlayer/tabid/384/VideoId/33/Test-Pilot-Discussion.aspx)...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

9th Jan 2009, 04:59

Replies: 88

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

Views: 324,583

Posted By Brian Abraham

tonytech2, re your #21 post. Test pilot John...

tonytech2, re your #21 post. Test pilot John Griffith talking of the propensity to break nose wheels said of the X-1 that the visibility for landing was very poor from the cockpit due to the design...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

8th Jan 2009, 21:43

Replies: 88

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

Views: 324,583

Posted By Brian Abraham

Tim, re M. 52 cancellation some quotes from...

Tim, re M. 52 cancellation some quotes from "Flight" of the era.

“Miles M.52, designed for a speed of 1,000 m.p.h. but which was abandoned ''for reasons of economy '' by the Air Ministry, at whose...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

7th Jan 2009, 23:57

Replies: 88

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

Views: 324,583

Posted By Brian Abraham

A reading of ch6...

A reading of ch6 (http://history.nasa.gov/monograph12/ch6.htm#54) and ch8 (http://history.nasa.gov/monograph12/ch8.htm#71) shows that NACA had both experimented with the all flying tail, and...

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