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Re: Is it just me, or are airliners slower than they used to be?
Byker (byker@do~rag.net) 2015/05/02 13:44

"Andrew Chaplin"  wrote in message
news:XnsA48E6D3CB4AECHortenzyFortensnort@216.166.97.131...
>
> The Convair 880 cruised at .89 Mach and the 990 a little faster, but they
> could not compete with Douglas and Boeing.

And even back when gas was cheap, the fuel burn at Mach 0.9 made them barely
economical.


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