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Post by Jeff on Feb 27, 2021 17:08:08 GMT
Fun fact, only 16 years separates the first flight of the DC7 and the Concorde.
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Post by alfred on Feb 27, 2021 17:57:17 GMT
Yes, that does surprise me and the DC7 was still flying after the last Concorde flight.
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Post by gtf4j2m on Feb 27, 2021 21:57:37 GMT
And what was the first airliner to exceed the speed of sound ??
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Post by rh226 on Feb 28, 2021 0:06:38 GMT
Had thought it might be a CV990, but apparently it was a DC-8-43 (N9604Z - became CF-CPG of CPAL) on 21/08/1961 on a test flight out of Edwards AFB in a controlled dive.
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Post by gtf4j2m on Feb 28, 2021 9:30:23 GMT
Well done
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