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Old 11-01-2010 | 12:24 PM
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Originally Posted by clipperskipper
Impressive piece of technology, how many airplanes can fly at mach 1.5 without the use
of afterburner?
Originally Posted by Grumble
Lots of them, it just involves going down hill really quick.
The Concorde must have had to climb really really high to supercruise all the way across the Atlantic downhill.

Can't the Su-35 and Typhoon hit the 1.5 number as well?
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