When are Civilian Aircrafts going to Fly faster?
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Apart from Concorde does anyone know which was the fastest of the sub sonic passenger Jets. I seem to remember reading that the Convair CV990 was up there and possibly the VC10. Am I right.
. But does it count as a "passenger jet" if it's so tiny?
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The latest Gulfstream bizjet (sorry, forgot the model number) can reach Mach 0.995 when running flat-out. But does it count as a "passenger jet" if it's so tiny?
unfortunately unless you can manage the cruise in a permanent dive .995 isn't obtainable, as this speed was only met when in the test program during a high speed dive.
High speed cruise will be .90 and max cruise will be .925.
Normal cruise will be a much more mundane .85
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