Has a propeller airplane ever break the sound barrier??

[Kaieye]

I am basicallly talking about military aircraft. I was told that a P-38 lighting might have done it in the past...

 

[dighn]

 

[Siddhartha]

I remember reading somewhere that the P51 has done it.

 

[TheBoyBlunder]

I could see prop fighters from the ww2 era pulling it off in a dive...but not in level flight or anything. Try google.

 

[deftron]

Fastest turboprop speed (Tupolev Tu-114 ) 545MPH

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I know a car beat the sound barrier.. which is pretty cool

 

[TallBill]

Originally posted by: deftron
Fastest turboprop speed (Tupolev Tu-114 ) 545MPH

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I know a car beat the sound barrier.. which is pretty cool

thats not in a dive tho

 

[deftron]

Your answer

 

[ThaGrandCow]

Originally posted by: deftron
Fastest turboprop speed (Tupolev Tu-114 ) 545MPH

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I know a car beat the sound barrier.. which is pretty cool

Do you mean the guy who strapped a rocket engine onto the top of his car and broke the sound barrier right into the side of a mountain?

 

[deftron]

Yeah, basically a rocket on wheels

 

[TallBill]

urban legend.. the real story about the jato rocket car was in Wired Magazine. Good read too.

 

[0roo0roo]

no mountains in the salt flats

 

[eLiTeGoodGuy]

Originally posted by: ThaGrandCow

Originally posted by: deftron
Fastest turboprop speed (Tupolev Tu-114 ) 545MPH

link


I know a car beat the sound barrier.. which is pretty cool

Do you mean the guy who strapped a rocket engine onto the top of his car and broke the sound barrier right into the side of a mountain?

lol yup
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