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Old 15th Jan 2001, 16:50
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It's the trusty old 747!

It was tested in a dive to M 0.991 in the original certification tries, just to test for mach tuck.
FWIW, I've seen M 0.88 fairly sustained in the cruise .... we were in a hurry!

The fastest cruiser though, I think, was the Convair 990 (??) Did something like M 0.9 sustained.