One jet I know has a "red line" of M0,92. Most commercial jets are much slower, but no one cruises at the red line because it sets of a loud horn when you hit the red line. This can be disturbing to passengers when they hear it.
Mike Payne On Mon, 26 Nov 2001 10:34:23 -0500 "James R. Frysinger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > OK, that's in line with calculations I did some years ago. Recently > someone posted numbers in the 0.92-0.95 range, I seem to recall. > > Jim > > Michael D Payne wrote: > > > > On Mon, 12 Nov 2001 12:29:44 -0500 "James R. Frysinger" > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > I don't believe that any commercial aircraft (other than SSTs) > have mach > > meters, > > though; they probably use tables or graphs if needed. > > > > All turbine powered aircraft that I know of have Mach Meters, > normally > > incorporated with the airspeed indicator. Cruise is normally > predicated > > on maintaining a certain Mach depending on the aircraft. For Jets > it's in > > the range of M0,75 to M0,85. > > > > Michael Payne > > ________________________________________________________________ > > GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! > > Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! > > Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: > > http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/. > > -- > Metric Methods(SM) "Don't be late to metricate!" > James R. Frysinger, CAMS http://www.metricmethods.com/ > 10 Captiva Row e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Charleston, SC 29407 phone/FAX: 843.225.6789 ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/.
