"Tom Sixkiller" wrote in message
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"Roger Hamlett" wrote in message
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Lets put it this way, There was the case some years ago, of a U2, coming
over the UK, in excess of 82000ft, with his camera doors open. When two
fighters came up on his wingtips, and 'invited' him to come down and
explain, the comment from the pilot afterwards was "we didn't realise
you
could get so high". Back in those days, the ceiling of the old
'frightening', was limited primarily by the fact that you burnt so much
fuel
getting up there...


Hmmm...what fighter could reach 82,000 feet in those days, short of an
experimental (F-104...)?
Sorry, 62000feet (what is 20000 feet after all...). The 'frightening', had a
claimed ceiling of 67000 feet, and the pilot who took it there, siad it
could still have got higher, but his fuel duration limited the attempt.

Best Wishes