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February 17th 04, 06:15 PM
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On Tue, 17 Feb 2004 06:55:57 -0600, "John Carrier"
wrote: I think the Soviets beat the Phantom record with the one-off E-166 (looked like a fat Mig-21 with a monster motor). Of course, Vought and the Navy never tried it with the F-8U3 which was accelerating rapidly through 2.39 when the canopy started to overheat. R / John If you have access to "Soviet X-Planes" they have an article on the E-166. ISTR it used the same engine as the Mig-25. Sukhoi also built an E-166 look-alike and both supposedly reached M2.85. 
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