Originally Posted by
III Corps
You are correct. I was unaware the Gripen (1.2) and Typhoon were able to do this.
Yep, I was only referencing current, or modern military planes. I thought I read that the the F-104, a certain model of the F4, as well as the D model of the F-14 could as well. Whether or not that was with a full load or not, don't know.
Originally Posted by
III Corps
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.
Never really been a secret that the Concorde could. Had the TU-144 flown in operational service it could have as well.
I never has the chance to talk to a Concorde crew, but the BA guys I talked to once said that due to the "sector" utilization on the Concorde, the "rostering" on it didn't provide much flying compared to other types in their fleet. So having that much experience sounds like a buttload to have spent and not having use "re-heated thrust" to do so.