Originally Posted by
BEagle
sharpend wroteThe VC10 C Mk1 was cleaner, but even so I very much doubt that any RAF pilot ever went supersonic in a VC10!
In 6 years on it I Never heard anyone mention a VC 10, standard or super, going supersonic or even reaching M 1 indicated Anyway, on the 10 the Mach meter overread, . 84 indicated ( BOAC/BA cruise speed) was actually . 825 true, not much faster than the .8 true on a 767 and slower than the jumbo at .85.
A Victor 1 yes, been there, done that, but even then an indicated M 1 was probably not Mach 1 TRUE.