Thread: F-22 problems
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Old 07-11-2009, 02:32 PM
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Zach
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Originally Posted by III Corps View Post
You are correct. I was unaware the Gripen (1.2) and Typhoon were able to do this. FWIW, Concorde cruised at M2.01.

I was able to jumpseat on it and the Capt had more than 5000hrs above Mach 1 and of that more than 3000hrs were above Mach 2... per his report.
I do believe the Concorde has slighty bigger gas tanks than a fighter.
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