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Old 21st Dec 2023, 15:13
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wiggy
 
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Originally Posted by Finningley Boy
I understand reaching the mach 2 marker at altitude was quite ambitious? Or rather ambitious?

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Just a bit, I certainly never saw it myself..

I vaguely recall one of our USAF exchange pilots (obviously plenty of time on the J-79 variants) really giving it try one night and failing. On return his comments on the super sonic performance of the UK product were, well.....unprintable
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