Re: What is "MiG Alley"?

["Les Hanson" <hanson@totalnetnh.net>]

try these.

www.mucheswarbirds.com/F86art.html

                                      

http://www.mdthompson.com/coopertown/dickjohnson_03.html

           

type in search bar

                 

f-86 during korean war supersonic

                     

Supersonic flight was well before the beginning of korean war.

                    

Les Hanson       A LongAgoAirman

----- Original Message -----

From: KEACLA1@aol.com

To: KOREAN-WAR-L@listproc.cc.ku.edu

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