DC-8 fast past
Fri Nov 30, 2007 7:33 am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9xlNPp3 ... re=related
Interesting to see this is now in China of thing wha the hell?
Ive heard maybe NASA use of DC-8 was near supersonic at times to test wing and speed tests designs etc?
Interesting to see this is now in China of thing wha the hell?
Ive heard maybe NASA use of DC-8 was near supersonic at times to test wing and speed tests designs etc?
Fri Nov 30, 2007 12:33 pm
The first Air Canada DC-8-40 was taken supersonic in a shallow dive over Edwards AFB on it's test flight. The only thing really preventing the design from operating supersonic on a regular basis was lack of engines with sufficient power and fuel economy to make it viable.
Fri Nov 30, 2007 9:40 pm
cool. 