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Old 28th March 2002 | 02:22
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I'm not sure you would need to do a lot to go to Mach 1.07. When aircraft are being tested at 0.98 many parts of the airframe and the engine intake airflow are already supersonic. Obviously at 1.07 there is more stress on the airframe but I don't think there is a big jump at around Mach 1.
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