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Old 27th Jan 2010, 21:13
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Falling Leaf
 
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Having flown the Pig, I'm pretty sure the service ceiling was 50,000 ft. You only ever got there on an engine test flight; full afterburner and accelerating past M2.0.

Under normal cruise conditions the Pig would only get above FL300 when light.
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