Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/05/09

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Subject: Re: [Leica] "State of the Art"
From: "David W. Almy" <dalmy@mindspring.com>
Date: Sat, 09 May 1998 08:04:47 -0400

Ben wrote:
> 
> >An SR-71 Blackbird is the fastest airplane in the world. They still won't admit how fast it will go. Anyway I thought the speed was common knowledge. About 7200 mph....

Apparently common knowledge isn't that common. Top speed is Mach 3+,
less than half your 7200 mph estimate.

David W. Almy
Annapolis, Maryland