From: utzoo!decvax!cca!Paul@sri-unix
Newsgroups: net.space
Title: Supersonic flight, X-20
Article-I.D.: sri-unix.2088
Posted: Wed Jul 14 17:03:15 1982
Received: Fri Jul 16 01:38:10 1982

These discussions of the X-20 and other rocket launched gliders reminds
me of this bit of trivia:

Q: What was the first winged vehicle to fly faster than sound, and when
did it fly?

If you say the X-1, you're wrong.  The X-1 was the first *manned* winged
vehicle to fly faster than sound.  The first unmanned vehicle was a glider
launched by the Germans on a V-2 in January 1945.  It glided at Mach 4.
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