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To: Yo-Yo
He broke the sound barrier with a broken arm. He had to use a cut down broomstick handle to lock the hatch.

It wasn't his arm. He'd cracked his ribs in a horse riding accident, and when sitting in the X-1's cockpit wasn't able to reach across to activate the locking mechanism.
31 posted on 10/15/2011 11:16:38 AM PDT by tanknetter
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To: tanknetter

You are correct, sir. Ribs it was. I don’t know why my fingers types “arm.”


40 posted on 10/15/2011 11:59:46 AM PDT by Yo-Yo (Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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