On Tue, 15 Jun 2004 17:22:32 -0400, (Peter
Stickney) wrote:

Sea Level 35,000' Notes
Vmax Vmax Mmax Vmax Vmax Mmax (Placard Limits, etc.)
KTAS KEAS KTAS KEAS
F-86H 600 600 0.91 545 304 0.94

Amazing. Is the same true at an intermediate altitude, say 20,000 ft?

This reverses the WWII piston-engine experience, where the max
airspeed was always at higher altitudes (though falling off well below
35,000).

Indeed, one of the hopes for the jet engine was that speed would
increase (and fuel burn decrease) as the planes went higher and
higher. Whittle believed that. Or at least I believed that he believed
it. http://www.warbirdforum.com/whittle.htm

all the best -- Dan Ford
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