[Yo-Yo]

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

[tanknetter]

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.