You are all wrong.
The fastest subsonic airliner flew at Mach 0.999999 recurring.
Easy - it was Concorde just slowin' down at idle.
P.S. Just thought of something else. It was (is) so far ahead of its time it was even designed to counter the "Economy class" DVT problem. Due to air friction the legroom increases as it reaches Mach 2!
[This message has been edited by ShyTorque (edited 16 January 2001).]