On a light note... Anyone done 1000mph?
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Nothing I drove went anywhere near 1000, but I was on Concorde a few times, most impressive memory was the hard undercarriage - seemed to transmit every pebble and crack on the runway. I have much more recently seen a ground speed of 745 mph in a 777 flying to Melbourne across the mainland. Doing the middle of the Indian Ocean and around the bottom I've seen 700 mph ground speed.
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I go to Oz every summer (or winter to the Ozzists) and am always surprised by the groundspeed once you hit Darwin. There is almost always a 100-120kt tailwind. I don't know if it's a seasonal thing but it's most acceptable.
Oi, Dead Dog, have a word with yourself, will you?
Supersonic Car Gets Boost from RAF
There are plenty of jets faster than Typhoon at low level - in fact, due to its engine design and wing loading, the Typhoon is most unhappy at very high speed at low level; it p!sses fuel out the back and throws you about like a bucking bronco!
What a shame we never ran the old F3 at low level for the Guiness Book of Records...are there any still left in one piece at Leeming?
LJ
Supersonic Car Gets Boost from RAF
This car is going to do 1000 mph, that’s faster than any jet fighter in history at ground level, including the Typhoon.
What a shame we never ran the old F3 at low level for the Guiness Book of Records...are there any still left in one piece at Leeming?
LJ
