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Old 18 December 1999, 03:54 PM   #1 (permalink)
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The Feb. 2000 issue of Flight Journal (now available) has a pilot report on Rhinebeck's N.11 with a fair degree of detail on rotary engine operation. There's an SR-71 on the cover, which pretty well covers the aeronautical spectrum!
It's awesome to think that the Blackbird, which is late '50s/early '60s technology, is publicly rated at Mach 3+ but according to a Highly Reliable Source, the "speedometer" registers past Mach 7.
Unrelated fact: p. 72 has my alltime favorite aviation photo.
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