![]() 09/26/2013 at 07:26 • Filed to: PLANELOPNIK | ![]() | ![]() |
September 26, 1973 - The BAC/SAF Concorde establishes the Atlantic crossing record for civil aircraft.
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We've come a long way, ba... no, wait.
![]() 09/26/2013 at 07:45 |
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Unfortunately, hippies ruined everything.
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what was the time, and what is the record for non civic aircraft?
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Yes, I also wish to know the time for rude aircraft.
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The record for military aircraft is 1h55min, established in 1974 by an SR-71 Blackbird crew. The Concorde's record (later self-beaten) was in the vicinity of 2h30min.
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I have some sweet pictures back at my parents house of me from ages 10-15 doing a superman pose in front of the mach 2.00-01 + 50k feet. I always got a real chuckle out of landing 1-2 hours before we took off coming back stateside.
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wow, concord was actually pretty close.
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About 2/3rds of the time. Makes sense if you consider that the Concorde is a Mach 2 aircraft and the Blackbird is a Mach 3.5 aircraft.