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To: G Larry

I know a retired flight traffic controller who clocked it at 3500kts. Go figure.


3 posted on 12/05/2013 5:37:35 AM PST by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; me = independent conservative)
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To: Jack Hydrazine

What is kts? Do you mean kps?


8 posted on 12/05/2013 5:49:40 AM PST by smaug6 (We can't afford to be innocent!! Stand up and face the enemy.)
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To: Jack Hydrazine

I figure like this:

3500 knots X 0.60 = 2100 mph

should be close.


14 posted on 12/05/2013 5:56:07 AM PST by G Larry (Let his days be few; and let another take his office. Psalms 109:8)
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To: Jack Hydrazine

“I know a retired flight traffic controller who clocked it at 3500kts. Go figure.”

3500kts is way past Mach 3. Is he sure it was an SR-71 ?


73 posted on 12/05/2013 1:06:09 PM PST by PLMerite (Shut the Beyotch Down! Burn, baby, burn!)
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