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Originally Posted by RWebb
and that is why the have a special terrain following radar
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first off, for both of you guys, it's "ground effect" ...not plural. secondly, that airplane is not flying that fast while in ground effect. ground effect on a jet like that would be around the 20-30 ft AGL range. forward looking radar for that? nah....
the reason for a swept wing is simple. better manueverability while subsonic, higher cruising speed while sonic. the best of both worlds.
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