Ex AF here, it's ceiling is 65,000 feet. Any higher and there isn't enough oxygen so the engine will flame out. Even the SR-71 only goes to 85k or so they admit.
Ex AF here, it's ceiling is 65,000 feet. Any higher and there isn't enough oxygen so the engine will flame out. Even the SR-71 only goes to 85k or so they admit.
Just for reference and to back up my remark about 100,000 ft:
Just for reference and to back up my remark about 100,000 ft:
https://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/Visit/Museum-Exhibits/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/197972/mcdonnell-douglas-f-15-streak-eagle/
Thanks for the link. I didn't know they had a special test model ever get that high. A regular service duty, nah.
Thanks for the link. I didn't know they had a special test model ever get that high. A regular service duty, nah.
I agree, unless you strip a regular service tail of all unnecessary equipment it might do it, but then it would no longer be a line tail.
I agree, unless you strip a regular service tail of all unnecessary equipment it might do it, but then it would no longer be a line tail.
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