by Nigel Blackwell | Cars
There’s less than a week to go before my book gets published. Pencils are being sharpened, electrons are flying, and the defluxificator is, well, defluxificatorating. Or to put it another any there’s a pretty good chance we’re going to make it. My female lead...
by Nigel Blackwell | Planes
Piloting the X-1 beyond the speed of sound was an accomplishment of skill, bravery and dedication. And when Chuck Yeager pushed passed Mach 1 the newly formed Air Force pushed just as hard to pick up every opportunity for publicity it could. Thing is, the Air Force...
by Nigel Blackwell | Planes
The X-1 program wasn’t just about reaching Mach 1. Supersonic was only one of numerous areas of flight and flying that the craft explored. The X-1’s speed was achieved by the thrust of a Reaction Motors XLR11 rocket (more of which later), and the duration...