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    Fastest Jets

    Does anyone know what the second fastest jet plane in the world is? As far as I know the SR-71 is numero uno with a publicly released speed of mach 3.3.
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    wasn't there one other experimental ramjet plane, X- something, that went faster? can't remember
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    The X-15 Project - A Rocket Powered Aircraft - Reached Mach 6-7 (Exact figures cloudy) And is generally considered the fastest plane ever.

    Jets - The SR-71 Is the fastest, at mach 3.3.
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    NASA is working on Ram Jets, but they don't exactly count as jets. Ram jets operate at exteme speeds a conventional jet engine would sputter out at.
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    Quote Originally Posted by IBrake4Rainbows
    The X-15 Project - A Rocket Powered Aircraft - Reached Mach 6-7 (Exact figures cloudy) And is generally considered the fastest plane ever.

    Jets - The SR-71 Is the fastest, at mach 3.3.
    thank you, auxillary memory
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    Remember though, the real top speed of the SR-71 is still classified.
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    Quote Originally Posted by clutch-monkey
    thank you, auxillary memory
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    Quote Originally Posted by IBrake4Rainbows
    I Blame my Dad, Thats his area of expertise. He's a military Nut
    lol i wanted to join the air force for a while, now i specialise in small arms. its gotten ridiculous - if i can't remeber specs i will have it listed in a book i own.
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    My Dad was in the army for 12 or so years (And still works with an Affiliated organisation) and has a fascination with The Space Program and X-Planes.

    Trust me, I know far too much about it. More than I'd ever care to....
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    Quote Originally Posted by IBrake4Rainbows
    My Dad was in the army for 12 or so years (And still works with an Affiliated organisation) and has a fascination with The Space Program and X-Planes.

    Trust me, I know far too much about it. More than I'd ever care to....
    had this mental image of your dad putting earphones on you in your sleep, filling up your brain with areoplane knowledge
    next year i'm going to vietnam to fire all the military weapons there at one of their ranges, already done my steyr and SLR course here
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    Quote Originally Posted by clutch-monkey
    had this mental image of your dad putting earphones on you in your sleep, filling up your brain with areoplane knowledge
    next year i'm going to vietnam to fire all the military weapons there at one of their ranges, already done my steyr and SLR course here
    Ok, My dad's a fan of this stuff.

    Your obsessive

    And I always wondered why there were headphones on in the morning......
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    Quote Originally Posted by IBrake4Rainbows
    Ok, My dad's a fan of this stuff.

    Your obsessive

    And I always wondered why there were headphones on in the morning......
    lol it was so suspicious i join the AIRTC and my first question is "when do we get to shoot the steyrs?"
    the guy was like uuh second year. lol
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    Quote Originally Posted by "Clevor" Angel
    NASA is working on Ram Jets, but they don't exactly count as jets. Ram jets operate at exteme speeds a conventional jet engine would sputter out at.
    Scramjet.
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    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scramjet
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    Maybe this thread should be about IBrake4Rainbows' fatehr or something
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    Quote Originally Posted by crisis
    Close enough.
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