On Friday, September 3, 2004, at 11:22 AM, Eric Engle wrote:
However Hans Guido Mutke did break the speed of sound and survived to tell the
tale.
Here http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schallmauer
"Hans Guido Mutke claimed to have broken the sound barrier before Yeager, on April 9, 1945 in a Messerschmitt Me 262. However, this claim is disputed by most experts and lacks a scientific foundation."
Interesting. The only way they could have done that is by diving the plane. The jet engines where tested at length after the war and the Me 262 never had the power to drag ratio to reach the speed of sound. The plane also did not have a proper elevator control for supersonic flight. This was also a problem with the first Russian Migs.
Now mention the Messerschmitt Me 163 rocket fighter and you are talking about the ride of the century.
Mark
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