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Old 09-13-2006, 07:22 PM  
Gillespie
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Quote:
Originally Posted by CuriousToyBoy
...but I would think the external pressures of flying at 600-900 knots...
No commercial airliner flys at those speeds. The larger and faster ones can reach like 300 IAS at higher altitudes, which translates to something around 500-550 knots ground speed or Mach 0.85-0.88.
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