What WW2 plane broke the sound barrier?

Do any readers know what particular plane in World War 2,
was rumored to have broke the sound barrier ?

Me 163 Komet

-Kees

"Boris" wrote in message
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Do any readers know what particular plane in World War 2,
was rumored to have broke the sound barrier ?

There were lots of claims of WWII aircraft breaking the sound barrier. The
P-47, Me-262, and Me-163 come to mind. The claims have been pretty well
debunked because none of those aircraft would have been controllable beyond
..85 or .9 mach. Beyond that, no WWII aircraft had enough power combined or
a clean enough airframe to go that fast. Consider that the F-86, with far
more engine power and a swept wing was *barely* supersonic, and only in a
steep dive.

KB

"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

"Dan Luke" wrote in message
...

"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

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"Kyle Boatright" wrote in message
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| "Dan Luke" wrote in message
| ...
|
| "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
|
|

"Kyle Boatright" wrote in message
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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...


Ask an old (subjective, sure) person about noise and they'll tell you about
when noise from trains was a welcome sign of the restoration of prosperity
after the Great Depression.

"Dan Luke" wrote in message
...

"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.

Been back to Williams lately? My BIL lives about three miles from there.

http://www.airnav.com/airport/KIWA

"Matt Barrow" wrote:

"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.

Been back to Williams lately? My BIL lives about three miles from there.

http://www.airnav.com/airport/KIWA

I heard it had turned civilian some years ago.

Williams was heaven for officers' brats: a whole desert full of tarantulas
and scorpions to play in and an O-Club pool to swim in.

"Dan Luke" wrote in message
...

"Matt Barrow" wrote:

"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.

Been back to Williams lately? My BIL lives about three miles from there.

http://www.airnav.com/airport/KIWA

I heard it had turned civilian some years ago.

Yeah, about ten years ago. Most of the old USAF buildings are now some sort
of extention for ASU and the on-post housing is dorms for the school.


Williams was heaven for officers' brats: a whole desert full of tarantulas
and scorpions to play in and an O-Club pool to swim in.

Didn't you play with the rattlesnakes? My BIL took me dove hunting near
there a couple years back and we saw a few of them.

--
Matt
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Matthew W. Barrow
Site-Fill Homes, LLC.
Montrose, CO (MTJ)