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03-31-2011, 01:39 PM

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Elvis90

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Fastest & Slowest Flight

>800 kts groundspeed in a B-1 bomber...33 kts groundspeed in a Schweizer 2-33 sailplane.

03-31-2011, 02:04 PM

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Grumble

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>800 kts groundspeed in a B-1 bomber...33 kts groundspeed in a Schweizer 2-33 sailplane.

>1000 knots in an F-18... even got the picture to prove it!

03-31-2011, 02:40 PM

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Nortonious

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1150 KTAS (1200+ GS w/ Tailwind)

Mach 2.01, 40,000'

Small-mouth Block 30 Viper

waiting for a sled-driver to come top us all...

03-31-2011, 06:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Nortonious

1150 KTAS (1200+ GS w/ Tailwind)

Mach 2.01, 40,000'

Small-mouth Block 30 Viper

waiting for a sled-driver to come top us all...

Nice!!! Was it slick?

03-31-2011, 07:22 PM

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Nortonious

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Nice!!! Was it slick?

Oh yeah...it was an FCF hop, totally slick, so the perfect storm. Never had the configuration right to try Mach Deaux in a Big Mouth...supposed to be harder to do with the increased inlet drag.

03-31-2011, 10:04 PM

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Oh yeah...it was an FCF hop, totally slick, so the perfect storm. Never had the configuration right to try Mach Deaux in a Big Mouth...supposed to be harder to do with the increased inlet drag.

I've heard the canopy will visibly bow in at high mach, any truth to that?

04-01-2011, 06:34 AM

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PW305

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I'm waiting for the shuttle pilots to come on and post something really impressive

04-01-2011, 07:40 AM

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Billy Pilgrim

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Originally Posted by Nortonious

1150 KTAS (1200+ GS w/ Tailwind)

waiting for a sled-driver to come top us all...

Reminds me of the ATC conversation with the SR71 descending into class A airspace, asking for his ground speed to top the hornet, topping the king air, topping the mooney etc..

The fastest I've ever seen was 2.16m in a clean (but not demo clean) eagle. (570 IAS, at FL480). She was accelerating too(!) straight and level when I ran out of airspace. Two said it was "a contrail of justice."

I bet there are some F-111 guys that have been pretty fast with those huge motors and swept wings, and I hear the f-14 with the GE motors was the same way.

Well the shuttle goes about 12-13x as fast, I think it breaks 1.0m (in the vertical!) around FL400... but it's also cheating I think if you have rocket motors right?

I'm surprised the big mouth isn't quicker, I've fought some and they are impressive!

04-02-2011, 08:13 AM

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Nortonious

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I've heard the canopy will visibly bow in at high mach, any truth to that?

Somebody else asked me that once, and frankly I didn't notice in the middle of all the FCF stuff. Would've been interesting to compare HUD to canopy clearances.

04-02-2011, 12:47 PM

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I bet there are some F-111 guys that have been pretty fast with those huge motors and swept wings, and I hear the f-14 with the GE motors was the same way.

Had a skipper that said the turkey would just keep accelerating until it was out of gas.

If only it had been single seat...