Expedite: Apologies if mis-represented. I was repeating the Captains comments that the external air temp was ten degrees hotter than normal. It may be normal for that time of year but it came across as "more than normal for this time of year".
norodnik: Thanks for that, useful information. As we were approaching the acceleration point, the Captain did say that it would be a long slow climb afterwards. It was. I did not record the time to reach the max cruise height and speed but it must have been close to an hour and a half from the point at which we achieved M1.0
As to temperature on the skin. He advised that the nose cone was at 130 C.
From my point of view the only dissapointing thing about the flight was that we did not get that moment when all the stars turn into streaks of light as we make the leap to ...
