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To: topher

Don’t confuse props and turbo-props. You realise that the Tu-95MS cruise speed is approx Mach 0.67. It is the fastest turbo-prop in service today. Top speed is comparable to the B-52H. Tu-95s will hit approx Mach 0.8 flat out.

WWII fighters wouldn’t be able to intercept such an aircraft at height even in cruise mode. The Tu-95 would out accelerate with ease a P-51.


39 posted on 08/09/2007 2:32:26 PM PDT by Tommyjo
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To: Tommyjo

Thanks. You beat me to it. It’s an impressive airplane. Not as technologically impressive as a B-2 nor as pretty as a B-1B, but not bad. And, just like the B-52, it is still doing what it was intended to do and more.


42 posted on 08/09/2007 2:43:57 PM PDT by GBA (God Bless America!)
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