Actually it was a mix of truth and fiction. Several aircraft crashed at
high speed because the controls did not work properly (they didn't have
the fully rotating tail invented by the British). It is possible that
someone might have survived a loss of control incident by pushing the
stick forward...

Cheers MC

Jeff Morris wrote:

No, I don't recall seeing one. But I did spend a lot of time in the "temporary buildings"
that housed the old RadLab - they were finally torn down a few years ago.

This reminds of the 1952 British movie "The Sound Barrier" which sort of claims that
Geoffrey de Havilland broke the sound barrier by "reversing the controls." In Chuck
Yeager's words it was "utter shuck from start to finish."





"Donal" wrote in message
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"Jeff Morris" jeffmo@NoSpam-sv-lokiDOTcom wrote in message
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I'd say that supports exactly what I've been saying. Given the timing, it

was certainly a

huge improvement, but it was one of many necessary to create a workable

system. Your link

makes it sound like they invented the cavity magnetron, which is certainly

not true. And

don't forget, at this point in time, the US wasn't even in the war. We

were spending

billions of dollars developing Radar to save Britain.

I bet that you've seen a Hollywood movie about it???

Regards


Donal
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