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Old 18th Jul 2007, 20:07
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ChristiaanJ
 
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Originally Posted by NW1
ChristiaanJ: We flew Concorde to a Mmo of 2.00, I did know what Mach number the overspeed went off at but, along with an unbelievably huge amount of data painstakingly learnt over 6 months, I have sadly forgotten.
Formal Mmo was 2.04.
As SLF I've been up to M 2.03, in the development sim at Filton I've been up to M 2.11... and no, I can't remember either anymore when the overspeed warning started....
RIP the highest achieving airliner ever built.
I'm glad to be able to say I've been part of it.
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