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Old 21st Nov 2005, 10:48
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BEagle
 
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Having seen how low it can go , I wonder how high a TypHoon could get...?

Still think that the guys who took the NF-104A up to 120000ft doggedly holding 16 AoA whilst coping with engine aand afterburner management and trying to stop it departing using reaction jets above about 100000ft take some beating...

Apart from Yeager who wouldn't listen to the brief as he knew better, then cocked up in spades on his 'record attempt' and had to bail out when the aircraft went into a flat spin.
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