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Old 9th Jan 2019, 16:04
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Originally Posted by Intrance
LMGTFY

Google should show you a nice result from Wikipedia explaining “why transonic at M.80”.
Even though I sat at the back, I did listen in (some) lectures, so I understand the ‘Critical Mach Number’bit. What I don’t understand is how this super duper new design hits Critical Mach at a SLOWER speed than thousands of existing airliners?
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