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RoninRobot t1_itjblk1 wrote

Reply to comment by peter-doubt in NASA poised to break sound barrier without the sonic boom by Ssider69

It’s been hypothesized that dive bombers surpassed the barrier before 1944 in vertical flight. Not that many or any survived the accomplishment. If we’re picking nits.

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peter-doubt t1_itjpz4d wrote

Were they designed for that flight?

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RoninRobot t1_itjqmzf wrote

Vertical dive? Yes. Supersonic? No.

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Oh_its_that_asshole t1_itkzuzk wrote

super zoomy, but also super "why aren't my control surfaces working much anymore? Oh god that ground is coming up fas..."

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