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Concorde (or the Tu-144) could've kept up with the shadow
by astdb 9y ago
Concorde (or the Tu-144) could've kept up with the shadow
- planteen 9y agoThey did this on June 30, 1973. While it stayed in totality 10x longer than would have been possible on the ground, it did not stay for the entire path of totality. Look at the umbral velocity - only the bottom of the parabola is obtainable by even a Concorde. http://xjubier.free.fr/en/site_pages/solar_eclipses/TSE_19730630_Concorde001.html http://xjubier.free.fr/en/site_pages/solar_eclipses/TSE_1973...