Good morning, Wayne.

 WC> How anyone can fly the damn things with a built in 1/4 second
 WC> reflex delay is beyond me.

        When you are under 30, nopro. We could see the old ones being
        filmed all the time.

 WC> Read where the U2 has flight dynamics requiring the pilot maintain
 WC> a 12 knot airspeed margin and required topping off the fuel
 WC> after reaching altitude as they leak fuel until
 WC> they reach flight speed and everything tightens up from
 WC> heating of flight surfaces expanding.

        I doubt if this was a problem with the U2. Its flight envelope
        was quit limited and we could readily catch up to them. the heat
        rise due to its speed might have been 5 degrees or about.
        Comparable to a T-33 in performance. The "coffin corner" was
        indeed slim and pointed. Overspeed or stall one over the other.

        The Mach 12 speed of the shuttle was related to the speed of
        sound at ground level. In a vacuum, your walking speed would be
        Mach 15 or more. Tee ! hee !

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