CV-990A VMO/MMO
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CV-990A VMO/MMO
As far as I know, Convair CV-990A is the fastest non-supersonic commercial transport to have ever been produced.
Reading an AA FCOM/Limitation it's written that her MMO was slightly below M.92. However, during a chat, some guys told me that her normal cruise speed was M.94 (?!?!).
Sorry, same old question: does anybody really know the actual VMO/MMO and cruise speed normally used when she was considered the fastest airliner? Was she faster than a Citation X?
Thanks!
Reading an AA FCOM/Limitation it's written that her MMO was slightly below M.92. However, during a chat, some guys told me that her normal cruise speed was M.94 (?!?!).
Sorry, same old question: does anybody really know the actual VMO/MMO and cruise speed normally used when she was considered the fastest airliner? Was she faster than a Citation X?
Thanks!
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I believe that she was faster than both Citation X and G650! Sorry I can't answer your other questions. I used to see it sometimes with it's smokey donks in the mid 80s... Check the TCDS
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=isP1LVVZ6nU
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=isP1LVVZ6nU
Last edited by Pugilistic Animus; 10th May 2020 at 03:14.
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From: Rockytop, Tennessee, USA
Related threads from earlier:
Quiz - What was the Worlds fastest subsonic airliner?
Convair Coronado
And, of course, there was the 1961 supersonic DC-8 flight at Edwards AFB:
https://www.airspacemag.com/history-...onic-27846699/
Supersonic DC-8
Quiz - What was the Worlds fastest subsonic airliner?
Convair Coronado
And, of course, there was the 1961 supersonic DC-8 flight at Edwards AFB:
https://www.airspacemag.com/history-...onic-27846699/
Supersonic DC-8
