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Re:Joe Sutter, who guided creation of the Boeing 747, has died by bootload on Thursday September 01, 2016 @11:54PM (#12410724)
Love how the 747-400 has a max cruising speed of mach .761 (939km/h). That is fast.
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Re:Joe Sutter, who guided creation of the Boeing 747, has died by jacquesm on Friday September 02, 2016 @06:23AM (#12412050)
And that's of course airspeed, going in the right direction with the jetstream in your back you can go well above 1000 Km/h.
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Re:Joe Sutter, who guided creation of the Boeing 747, has died by bootload on Monday September 05, 2016 @12:20AM (#12428081)
"going in the right direction with the jetstream in your back"

Indeed, I often think the choice of jet for AF-1 was chosen for that reason, Mach 1 capability.

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