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Old 02-17-2009, 09:51 AM
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Originally Posted by t walgamuth View Post
They said it holds the altitude record at 85K feet or so and the speed record at 2,100 plus (is that knots or mph?). I think some folks think its faster than that.

The "standard" cruise charts for the SR-71 were for flight at 80,000ft and a speed of Mach 3.2

It could go higher and faster than that.
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