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Old 16th August 2010 | 22:24
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RetiredF4
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Max Mach of the Tomcat is 2.34!
See the numbers far down on the page Wiki F-14

The speed limit in combat jets is simplified defined by the engine performance and the inlet-temperature of the airflow to the compressor (duct-temp-high).

In Test-flights we did max speed-runs (i flew F-4 Phantom II) till the needle wouldn´t go further, my max speed was 2.23 Mach at FL 390 with the Recce Version RF-4E.

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