December 8, 2020

Boom!

I was saddened to hear that Chuck Yeager died recently. He was the first person to fly supersonic on the 14 October 1947

This photo is taken from my flight to Panama. We flew directly through a storm, and this is what I captured. — Photo by Tom Barrett / Unsplash

The Sound Barrier

I was saddened to hear that Chuck Yeager died recently. He was the first person to fly supersonic on the 14 October 1947, Yeager's plane nicknamed Glamorous Glennis, did it in part with technology given to the Americans after our project the Miles M52 was cancelled. He was truly made of the right stuff. So long Chuck.

We couldn’t break the sound barrier because of, essentially, a lack of money. But we could make a film about it. The Sound Barrier was directed by David Lean and was made in 1952. Surprisingly it was written by Terence Rattigan. It is of the ‘docudrama’ genre, and might be worth watching. It is a rip roaring drama of the lives and loves 'effected' in the quest to break the elusive ‘barrier'. And some of the characters accents might be 'affected' to our modern ear, but worth watching?

Below are some links to look at including my blog post about the Miles M52. Have a box af tissues nearby because reading it might make you weep.