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Section Not Related to the Bell X-1

This article is supossed to be about the Bell X-1 aircraft and not about a model.

Parallel development section has nothing in direct or in-direct relation with the Bell X-1. This sub-section reads more like an attempt to diminish the Bell X-1 and is completely out of place. This section renders the article as not being neutral. I believe the entire section under Parallel development should be deleted or used in a article on the Miles M.52.

The article on the Miles M.52 has no Parallel development section leading to the Bell X-1! Duke Proximan (talk) 04:26, 11 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

This section was created in 2016 by creating a new header in the 'Design and development' section and using existing text, the section had relevance, citing a collaboration deal, which is not in the current version of the article. The section should be restored to the last version that contained clear relevance. Nimbus (Cumulus nimbus floats by) 17:39, 11 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Collaboration deal is by no means an excuse for putting a whole paragraph regarding development of another plane into this article! This section in its current form contains literally no information about the X-1 and should be removed. Collaboration deal should be definitely included IF there is clearly sourced information on its impact on X-1's design and development. But frankly, after reading all the discussions under this article and that on Miles M.52 and other corners on the Internet, I'm under impression that the only claim on M.52's direct influence seems to be coming from Eric Brown (who was not involved in the X-1 in the slightest) or people quoting Eric Brown. Something like:

Distinguished British pilot Eric "Winkle" Brown, who was involved in development of the contemporary British supersonic research plane Miles M.52, claimed that the X-1 design was heavily influenced by the research data passed by Miles Aircraft to Bell in 1944 and later in 1946, including the crucially important idea of using an all-moving tail for control in the transonic region.

would be more factual and more than enough to address this issue. Angel-0A (talk) 09:45, 17 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]