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Old 21st December 2007 | 10:23
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chornedsnorkack
 
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One DC-8-4X did reach Mach 1,012 already in 1960-s and recovered. A shallow dive as a part of deliberate flight testing.

They also had water ballast tanks AND pumps installed in the cabin to resist Mach tuck.

Can any subsonic plane recover from a Mach 1,000 dive without ballast pumps?

Which ones? Is 747 among them?
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