To: MNJohnnie
When I was in the Air Force in the 70's, a colonel who flew B-52s told me there was no upper limit to the J-58 engines on the Blackbird.
In other words, the engines had three settings; acceleration, idle, and off. The engines will keep accelerating until they fail (explode) so no one really knows what the top speed is.
42 posted on
03/07/2008 8:56:28 AM PST by
Tolkien
(There are things more important than Peace. Freedom being one of those.)
To: Tolkien
“In other words, the engines had three settings; acceleration, idle, and off. The engines will keep accelerating until they fail (explode) so no one really knows what the top speed is.”
How cool is that. Man I love American ingenuity.
43 posted on
03/07/2008 9:28:06 AM PST by
A Texan
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To: Tolkien
In other words, the engines had three settings; acceleration, idle, and off. The engines will keep accelerating until they fail (explode) so no one really knows what the top speed is. I guess that explains his rather cryptic reference to 'surpassing their previous MACH numbers and showing "scary" MACH numbers'.
He was already talking about M3.5; Wonder where, in his experience, "scary" came into play?
Man, I would love to have the re-release limited edition with his RSO's book "Untouchables", but dang, I can't afford the $500+ bills for it.
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