657 MPH!!!

Fighter Jet at the Reno Air Races running the pilons. Its a 9 mile course he ran in *no* time at all. The pilot officially can not pass the sound barrier at the show, and man.. They were close!

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[FireAce44]

I'm gonna go buy me one.

[globemaster68]

and that is really close to mach1 at that altitude. 755 mph at sea level, and stead field is at 3 or 4 thousand or so. so 657 mph was probably like .985 mach. some one check my math for me.

[SenorSpode]

@TurbineProductionsX Last known, 30,000 feet is the hard deck for supersonic flights over the US. One of the few exceptions was for Mythbusters, when an F/A-18 was used to check for sonic-boom damageability to glass at ultra-low altitudes.

[SlamDuncDrummer]

@raynus1 - You are definitely right about that. My bad. I would have to bet on the F model as both pilots are Navy pilots and this is a two seater so that pretty much takes us to the F/A-18F. Good catch.

[raynus1]

@SlamDuncDrummer: Looks like a SuperHornet. Have another look at 0:30

[monboy10]

Dear Santa...

[SlamDuncDrummer]

@globemaster68 - temp on that day was 18 Celsius at 5050 feet above sea level. Dew point of 1. Speed of sound would be 765.471 - this F-16 was going right at .85 Mach. Too fast for my fat butt to handle the G's for sure.

I hope they don't cancel future races due to the crash this year.

[HermesBird11]

The speed of sound is not a fixed value : 38.94√ Temperature in kelvin.

Reno, something like 30°C, Local Speed of Sound : 38.94 √ 303 = 678 knots

[yamahar87]

what time of lap strega make?? and what time this plane make?? thank for answer...

[DoomsDaySlip]

balls deep in SPEED

[TurbineProductionsX]

@Thenoobot987 id also like to refer to you this video: /watch?v=Igy_MYJpVcQ&feature=r­elated

Now you'll see the difference ;)