Quiz - What was the Worlds fastest subsonic airliner?
This airliner was reported in 1971 to have Vdf (max demonstrated) of 445 knots and Mdf 0.97, and according to DP Davies in Handling the Big Jets had been flown by the designers at Mach 0.99 "and it is understood that it still handles remarkably well". You can't get any faster that that without becoming supersonic.
What was this superstar airliner and what happenned to it?