History webpages would be good.
2006-12-01 04:19:12 · 7 answers · asked by jdog 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Aircraft
It is made possible by the different air pockets that causes the plane to bounce off turbulence more easily.
2006-12-01 04:25:44 · answer #1 · answered by hockey player 1 · 0⤊ 3⤋
The main thing was the movable tail. This involves the movement of the entire tail not just the flaps. Before the air over the flaps would develop an air pocket at near super sonic speed and become useless. With the movable tail the whole tail moves and as most of the tail is free of the air pocket the plane is controllable.
2006-12-02 05:26:31 · answer #2 · answered by brian L 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Remember, when Chuck Yeager made the first supersonic flight, he was not supposed to attain that speed - no one, least of all Yeager, and ceratinly not the designers, knew whether a plane could stay together crossing the "sound barrier" - that's why they called it a barrier.
So, what made supersonic flight possible was Chuck Yeager's bravery, curiosity and derring-do.
2006-12-01 04:28:31 · answer #3 · answered by gabluesmanxlt 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Good engineering and very dangerous research. It was always possible, we just didn't know how. Area rule made it easier.
Yeager knew exactly what he was doing, it was only later in the program when he suffered divergence (wing tip twisted up) above M2 that he was doing what he shouldn't, what he'd been told would kill him.
2006-12-01 13:27:50 · answer #4 · answered by Chris H 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
X-planes and Canadian air force.
2006-12-01 04:29:06 · answer #5 · answered by racer123 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Money!
2006-12-01 04:30:18 · answer #6 · answered by Keanu 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you can probably find it on wikipedia
2006-12-01 04:26:01 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋