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Old May 14th 04, 07:07 AM
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Default max altitude and Mach 1

I 've noticed that many of the more modern fighters (F-16, SU-27) only reach
max alt while subsonic, whereas older fighters ( F-4, MiG-21 for instance)
reach max altitude around M 1.6 or more. Is there some general reason for
this?


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