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Re: Top speed straight and level, or in a dive?
Posted by Elwyn on Mon Jan 05, 2004 10:29:03 PM
In reply top Top speed straight and level, or in a dive? posted by bdk on Mon Jan 05, 2004 07:16:16 PM
: Wasn't there a story about a Spitfire that had been claime
: d to have gone supersonic in a dive?
I remember reading an article in "Aviation News and Space Technology" about 25 years ago that explained why some WWII prop fighter were thought to have gone supersonic in a dive but how it was really impossible. I forget all the technical explanations, but they did explain why the indicated airspeed could have been erroneously high.