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Commercial jetliners never fly at 18,000 m (nor at 515 m/s). Max is about 11,000 m or so, and about 250 m/s. It would be interesting to know if consumer GPS eve
by fnj 10y ago
Commercial jetliners never fly at 18,000 m (nor at 515 m/s). Max is about 11,000 m or so, and about 250 m/s. It would be interesting to know if consumer GPS ever worked aboard the Concorde.
- knz 10y agoIf you're going to use the Concorde for a speed test then you might as well also test the SR-71. For..er... science!
- DiabloD3 10y agoThe story: http://oppositelock.kinja.com/favorite-sr-71-story-1079127041 http://oppositelock.kinja.com/favorite-sr-71-story-107912704... Merry Christmas to everyone who hasn't read it yet.
- sitic 10y agoThis one is my favorite story from the same Blackbird pilot (Brian Shul): https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/2q2ctc/til_that_the_sr71_blackbird_was_so_fast_that_a/cn26i0z/ https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/2q2ctc/til_t... Bonus story, also from Brian Shul: https://www.reddit.com/r/MilitaryPorn/comments/1mimvu/80000_ft_where_the_wild_blue_yonder_meets_the/cc9ze0p/ https://www.reddit.com/r/MilitaryPorn/comments/1mimvu/80000_...