Reggie S. Potter: "Where did you get N787SC from for the Sonic Cruiser?"
Megaplanes: "This madman from England who was building a half-scale Hawker Sea Fury replica."
Potter: "And was 787 and SC relevant to him?"
Mega: "The transonic speed once believed to have been reached in a dive (.787) before the wings came off, and someone called Sidney Camm."
Source: Flight International
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