BROKE THE SOUND BARRIER.—Group Captain R. F. Watson, of Kumara (left), with the pilot of the Northrop T-38 supersonic jet trainer, Mr D. H. Papish, of the Northrop Corporation, at the Edwards Air Force Base, California. They had just flown faster than the speed of sound in the aircraft (behind). Group Captain Watson is a member of a party of senior Royal New Zealand Air Force officers who went to the United States for a brief visit with the Chief of Air Staff (Air Vice-Marshal I. G. Morrison). The group held discussions with the Lockheed Aircraft Corporation, manufacturer of the Hercules Cl30 aircraft which may be bought for the R.N.Z.A.F.
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Press, Volume CII, Issue 30092, 28 March 1963, Page 6
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110BROKE THE SOUND BARRIER.—Group Captain R. F. Watson, of Kumara (left), with the pilot of the Northrop T-38 supersonic jet trainer, Mr D. H. Papish, of the Northrop Corporation, at the Edwards Air Force Base, California. They had just flown faster than the speed of sound in the aircraft (behind). Group Captain Watson is a member of a party of senior Royal New Zealand Air Force officers who went to the United States for a brief visit with the Chief of Air Staff (Air Vice-Marshal I. G. Morrison). The group held discussions with the Lockheed Aircraft Corporation, manufacturer of the Hercules Cl30 aircraft which may be bought for the R.N.Z.A.F. Press, Volume CII, Issue 30092, 28 March 1963, Page 6
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