"Dan Luke" wrote in message
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"Kyle Boatright" wrote:
..the F-86, with far more engine power and a swept wing was *barely*
supersonic, and only in a steep dive.

Back in 1952, I was a little kid living on Williams AFB in Arizona. In
those days, nobody made so much fuss about noise, and the F-86 jocks on
the base regularly made everyone jump with mach 1+ dives. We kids loved
it.

--
Dan
C172RG at BFM

Aaah, the good old days. When airplane noise was a good thing and being a
pilot was a novel and respected profession or avocation. Unlike today when
there are plenty of folks out there who'd legislate us out of "their" skies
in a minute...

KB