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737's don't go that fast at sea level. Air is too dense. An f4 could probably go 2-3x as fast as a 737 at any altitude. I'm too lazy to look up the specific val
by poutine 14y ago
737's don't go that fast at sea level. Air is too dense. An f4 could probably go 2-3x as fast as a 737 at any altitude. I'm too lazy to look up the specific values.
As to why they used an f4? Probably a heck of a lot cheaper than a 737 at the time.
Sometimes the government isn't out to screw you you know...
- moe 14y agoAn f4 could probably go But it didn't in the video. As to why they used an f4? Probably a heck of a lot cheaper than a 737 at the time. It would seem like there are plenty of scrapped 737s available[1] to carry out such a test. I'm too lazy to look up prices on these things, but I'd be very surprised if those were significantly more expensive than a scrapped Phantom. [1] http://airchive.com/html/scrapped/ardmore-graveyard http://airchive.com/html/scrapped/ardmore-graveyard