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During an undergraduate placement at BAe a long time ago (1997) I was given a fact file that states the maximum speed of the FRS2 at Mach 1.3 at altitude and 635kts low level. I re-discovered this file while going through some old junk.

 

I wasn't aware that any Harrier could go supersonic, is this file correct?

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It could be similar to the Tornado GR4, it says maximum speed of mach 1.3 however what it really means is if the aircraft is in a clean configuration and you enter a dive that's the speed you could achieve. Not necessarily the maximum speed in straight and level flight.

 

Just a thought.

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I guess it's pretty much the same deal as in BAe Hawk. Mach 1.2 is stated to be the maximum speed, but you pretty much only reach it if you perform a near vertical dive at full throttle from 33000 feet.

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