"Ed Majden" wrote:.
|
| "Tex Houston" The Bell X-1 was a rocket powered aircraft, not
a jet!
| Ed
|
|
| And where did that restriction appear in the sentence: "Or, the
first
| straight winged aircraft to break the sound
| barrier -- the
| Avro Canada CF-100 piloted by Janusz Zurakowski." ? I just took it
at
| face
| value. Should I have read his mind?
|
| Tex
|
| I could also add the CF-100 Mk-4 was an operational jet fighter
instead
| of an experimental aircraft but that might **** you off to! ;-)

The normal claim is that it was the first straight wing aircraft to
exceed Mach 1 in a DIVE without the assistance of a ROCKET. btw. The
Mk-4 he was flying was a preproduction model.