MirokuMK70 Posted December 8, 2020 Report Share Posted December 8, 2020 Balls of steel. Another legend gone... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted December 8, 2020 Report Share Posted December 8, 2020 Yes and flying a British designed jet! RiP genuine Hero. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amateur Posted December 8, 2020 Report Share Posted December 8, 2020 At 97, he must have been the oldest ex-test pilot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MirokuMK70 Posted December 8, 2020 Author Report Share Posted December 8, 2020 17 minutes ago, TIGHTCHOKE said: 20 minutes ago, TIGHTCHOKE said: Yes and flying a British designed jet! it did use elements from earlier british research, but I think that's stretching it a bit far... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amateur Posted December 8, 2020 Report Share Posted December 8, 2020 2 minutes ago, MirokuMK70 said: it did use elements from earlier british research, but I think that's stretching it a bit far... Wasn't the Bell a rip-off of the Miles design? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MirokuMK70 Posted December 8, 2020 Author Report Share Posted December 8, 2020 They used the design of the miles tail assembly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted December 8, 2020 Report Share Posted December 8, 2020 49 minutes ago, MirokuMK70 said: it did use elements from earlier British research, but I think that's stretching it a bit far... It would not have happened without the government gifted Miles M52 research details. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amateur Posted December 8, 2020 Report Share Posted December 8, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, MirokuMK70 said: They used the design of the miles tail assembly and the bullet shape and new thin wing technology, but with a rocket rather than jet engine with afterburner - all in Miles's design Edited December 8, 2020 by amateur Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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