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Ubi bene ibi patria
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: For the most part, in my garage.
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Top speed - SR-71 about 2,200 mph.
Operating altitude - SR-71 about 85,000 feet.
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Not to put too fine a point on this; these performance figures were made public to establish the superiority of this aircraft & were not necessarily the maximum limits of its performance capabilities.
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JB
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