[Stentor]

However, they also point out that many of the X-1's design features were anticipated in the remarkably similar-looking wartime Miles M 52, which was unfortunately cancelled without progressing beyond a 1/3 scale model-

All they needed was a 1/3rd scale Chuck Yeager to fly it.

[PLMerite]

"All they needed was a 1/3rd scale Chuck Yeager to fly it. "

Ready to go, sir!