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SUMMARY:M52 – Britain’s wartime supersonic project - Rod Kirkby\, Form
 er Aerodynamics Research/Project Feasibility Engineer\, Hawker Siddeley Dy
 namics Future Projects Department
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CONTACT:Carol Johnston
DESCRIPTION:This Presentation will cover the Project's origins\, design fo
 rmulation\, and cancellation in February 1946\, only a few months from com
 pletion of the First Prototype. \nThe Miles M-52 was an astonishingly adva
 nced aircraft\, designed to meet a 1943 Specification calling for an aircr
 aft capable of sustaining 1000 mph in level flight and powered by a simila
 rly advanced Whittle designed afterburning fan jet engine. Later work conf
 irmed the soundness of the design\, further supported by rocket propelled 
 models. Official reasons for the cancellation made little sense\, and has 
 been debated ever since. The rocket-powered Bell X-1 first broke the 'soun
 d-barrier' in October 1947.
LOCATION:Meeting Room G3\, Bevan Braithwaithe Building\, TWI Ltd\, Granta 
 Park\, Great Abington\, Cambridge CB21 6AL
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