It is a classified and soon to be moth balled as the X- space plane comes
on-line. Hyper-sonic planes were eating rolling shockwaves in California on
a Thursday morning, once a week, a few years ago.
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Steve St.Laurent
2000 DC Dakota 4.7, CC, 4x2, 3:55 (soon 330HP)
2000 Roush Mustang Stage I (awaiting the new SC)
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-dakota-truck@buffnet.net
[mailto:owner-dakota-truck@buffnet.net]On Behalf Of The Man From Utopia
Sent: Saturday, February 19, 2000 7:26 PM
To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
Subject: RE: DML: Speed?
> AGAIN.....it simply read MACH 30 plus. We have planes now
> that do over Mach 8.
A-12 and SR-71... That's about it...The next closest would be the XB-70
Valkarie. The X-15 was pretty quick, but was mainly a manned missle with the
flight characteristics of a brick below Mach 1.0. My point being is that by
the time to reach a safe altitude to achieve that rate of speed you'll have
to begin your descent.
Greg
95 DSCC v6 5spd
Rahway NJ
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