Looking back a long way, I remember nursing a Vampire T11 up to 49500 when I was filling in time at Valley after getting my wings at Swinderby in 1957. It took a very long time to get up there and the aircraft didn’t know it it was going too fast or too slow! The official service ceiling was 42800.
Last edited by brakedwell; 23rd Feb 2021 at 19:02.