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Old 3rd March 2001 | 17:55
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I don't know which airline wrecker flew with, nor which mark of Trident, although the reference to Gibraltar suggests it may have been BEA.

If it was BEA, talk of a M0.88 cruise and a Vmo of 385 kts for a Trident 1 is somewhat over the top!

For the record all the Tridents in BEA/BA had an Mmo of M0.87, with the Tridents 1 & 2 having a Vmo of 365 kts (300 kts for a Trident 2 with fuel in the fin tank) and the Trident 3 having a Vmo of 350 kts.

M0.93 may have been demonstrated at base, but was way above the normal cruise mach number.