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Re: What is "MiG Alley"?




Les Hanson wrote:

<<The F-86A world speed record of 680.981 MPH in 1948

             First supersonic BOOMs in the Dayton,Ohio area.
             Mach 1 760 MPH, 79.019 MPH short.>>

Thank you.  The speed of sound at sea level is 760 mph; it decreases at higher altitude (e.g. I think it's 660 mph at either 20,000 or 30,000 feet, I forget which).


<<I but in thoses web address for people so they may find what they are researching,but as you know and i also there are maby way to do research.>>

I'm sorry if I got testy; I might have misinterpreted your meaning.

  Regards,
  Keith Allen
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