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Originally Posted by Deascendent
So upwards of mach 2 was a bit of a stretch... he says up to mach 1.35 but at low altitudes only for short sprints cause at that speed it would use up all the gas in less than an hour... still, the B-1's low level cruising speeds are much faster than fighters, around mach .95, fighters couldn't sustain that rate of fuel consumption so they cruise 100 knots slower at low altitudes...
Still, my point holds that flying a B1 at 500 ft at those speeds would be the most lethal experience for a bomber pilot..
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Fixed it a bit. Saw you used a strange world. lol
