Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/05/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 03:48 AM 5/9/98 +0000, you wrote: >>An SR-71 (older than the old 35 M Summilux <G>) Blackbird is the fastest >>airplane in the world. They still won't admit how fast it will go. > >Since it can now be rented - now the cold war is over - mostly for >obscure research purposes, probably someone will figure it out. Anyway I >thought the speed was common knowledge. About 7200 mph. Who rents it? It's top speed is still top secret. Common knowledge isn't top speed. They will admit up to a certain speed. But last I heard was Mach 3+. ========= Eric Welch St. Joseph, MO Some people say that I'm superficial, but that's just on the surface.