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Thread #163908   Message #3916302
Posted By: beardedbruce
10-Apr-18 - 08:17 AM
Thread Name: BS: Boeing 747 Turns Fifty!
Subject: RE: BS: Boeing 747 Turns Fifty!
Few have- only flights were 1964-1968, at high speeds and altitudes. At Mach 3+. blink and it is past.

But is would be able to put a moderate payload into orbit with a single stage (From Mach 3 at 70,000 feet). We presently use two stages from 40,000 feet at less than Mach 1.