... David Findlay <david@davsoft.com.au> wrote: Can anyone tell me what the highest absolute ceiling of production aircraft is? I know the Lockheed U-2 could go to ... some Russian fighters can go to 60000ft. The service ceiling I've seen quoted online is 50000ft though. ...> Likewise the SR-71 Blackbird also held the absolute speed record of 1906 knots (2,193 mph, ...

...$0$13945$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au... Can anyone tell me what the highest absolute ceiling of production aircraft is? I know the Lockheed U-2 could go to 70000ft, ... some Russian fighters can go to 60000ft. The service ceiling I've seen quoted online is 50000ft though. .... Concorde cruised at 60,000 ft and Mach 2 - dunno what its ceiling was........

... On Sun, 13 Jul 2008 10:25:36 +1000, David Findlay wrote: Can anyone tell me what the highest absolute ceiling of production aircraft is? I know the Lockheed U-2 could go to 70000ft, but I'm ... seen somewhere that some Russian fighters can go to 60000ft. The service ceiling I've seen quoted online is 50000ft though. Anyone have better figures?...

... David Findlay <da...@davsoft.com.au> wrote: Can anyone tell me what the highest absolute ceiling of production aircraft is? I know the Lockheed U-2 could go to...some Russian fighters can go to 60000ft. The service ceiling I've seen quoted online is 50000ft though. ...123000 ft in a ballistic arc in 1977 the highest sustained horizontal flight for a jet is about 85000...

...in message news:48794b80$0$13945$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au... Can anyone tell me what the highest absolute ceiling of production aircraft is? I know the Lockheed U-2 could go to 70000ft, but I'...seen somewhere that some Russian fighters can go to 60000ft. The service ceiling I've seen quoted online is 50000ft though. Anyone have better...

..., David Findlay <david@davsoft.com.au> wrote: Can anyone tell me what the highest absolute ceiling of production aircraft is? I know the Lockheed U-2 could go to...some Russian fighters can go to 60000ft. The service ceiling I've seen quoted online is 50000ft though. .... Likewise the SR-71 Blackbird also held the absolute speed record of 1906 knots (2,193 mph,...

Can anyone tell me what the highest absolute ceiling of production aircraft is? I know the Lockheed U-2 could go to 70000ft, but I'm pretty sure I've seen somewhere that some Russian fighters can go to 60000ft. The service ceiling I've seen quoted online is 50000ft though. Anyone have better figures? I'm taking it that the fighters can do climbs to extremely...

...@4ax.com... On Thu, 17 Jul 2008 23:10:22 +1000, "RT" <notr.thomas@nowhere.com.au> wrote: Concorde cruised at 60,000 ft and Mach 2 - dunno what its ceiling was........ I can't remember the details, but they operated that with block clearances - they didn't use a cruising altitude on their routes, but were climbing as they got lighter, then commencing ...

...@4ax.com... On Thu, 17 Jul 2008 23:10:22 +1000, "RT" <notr.thomas@nowhere.com.au> wrote: Concorde cruised at 60,000 ft and Mach 2 - dunno what its ceiling was........ I can't remember the details, but they operated that with block clearances - they didn't use a cruising altitude on their routes, but were climbing as they got lighter, then commencing descent. They ...

On Tue, 15 Jul 2008 09:04:22 -0700 (PDT), Paw <aviationtrivia@hotmail.com> wrote: You may want to check this out: http://www.aviationtrivia.info/HIGHEST-FLYING-AIRCRAFT.php Paw Interesting link - thanks. Don't know where they got that wierd B-787 clip from though - given that it's never been off the ground. Or was that the sound of greenbacks going down the gurgler? Ned