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beginning of the supersonic age
Les
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Saturday, August 16, 2003 6:19
PM
Subject: Re: What is "MiG Alley"?
Les Hanson wrote:
"On 17 December 1950 Lt.Col Bruce Hinton,336th commander shot down a
Mid-15 in the first ever all supersonic aerial combat. During this conflict
Rocketeers pilots racked up kills on 116 enemy aircraft."
Neither the F-86 nor
the MiG-15 could go supersonic in level flight, as I understand it.
Maybe they were both diving, but this still sounds like a shaky
statement.
Regards,
Keith Allen
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