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Overcoming Gravity with the X-13 and ZEL

There’s an old engineer’s joke when something gets dropped. They say “gravity check, still on.” Now I’m not going to distinguish between whether that’s an old joke or a joke for old engineers, but either way, aviation is all about...

Not the Only Game in Town

by Nigel Blackwell | Planes

From the heady days of 1947 through to the present day you could be forgiven for thinking the Air Force/NACA X-1 was the lone aircraft probing the sound barrier, but it wasn’t. The Navy had contracted the Douglas Aircraft Corporation to build an aircraft with a...

Nigel Blackwell

Nigel Blackwell was born in rural Oxfordshire in England. He has a love of books, a PhD in Physical Chemistry, and a black belt in pointing out the obvious. As a teenager he toured Europe, and hasn't stopped traveling since. He loves seeing the wonders of the world and meeting the people in it, and hasn't been anywhere that doesn't have the potential for a story. He now lives in Texas with his wife and daughter, where they enjoy the sunshine and listen to the coyotes howl at night.

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