On Thu, 27 Nov 2003 16:04:29 GMT, Ed Rasimus wrote:

You would probably need to have the -1-1 charts to get a number. Since
you specify "optimum altitude" the number wouldn't give you a
comparison between aircraft. My suspicion (and it has little more
going for it than that) is that with modern engines and low-drag
shapes, the number will be pretty close to .95 mach for each.

That wouldn't surprise me at all.

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