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- From: pls@cup.portal.com (Paul L Schauble)
- Newsgroups: sci.aeronautics
- Subject: Re: Speed of sound (Re: MACH 8)
- Message-ID: <72541@cup.portal.com>
- Date: Tue, 29 Dec 92 04:30:31 PST
- Organization: The Portal System (TM)
- References: <10302@ncrwat.Waterloo.NCR.COM>
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- > Mach 1 flying about 50-100 feet above the ground over the desert.
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- > Gopal Ramachandran <gopal@cirrus.com>
- > UUCP: uunet!cirrus.com!gopal
- > Cirrus Logic Inc, Fremont CA PH: (510)-226-2138 FAX: (510)-226-2160
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- How low can you go in a supersonic aircraft before things like ground effect
- and shock waves bouncing off the ground make flying difficult?
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- ++PLS
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