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Old 09-12-2019, 09:16 PM
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Originally Posted by georgegassaway
Anyway..... after one of the flights of the X-1, Chad Ring came over and told me that he felt drops of ballast water from the X-1 hit him (like raindrops). Wasn't complaining, he felt "special".

Did you ask him if he was sure it was ballast water he felt?

How did the X-1 fly after transition to glide? That's a pretty small and thin wing!
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