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supercruiser aircraft
- Definição1
- Aircraft designed to cruise at supersonic speed, usually Mach 1.5 to 2.
- Fonte1
- GUNSTON, Bill. The Cambridge aerospace dictionary. Cambridge: Cambridge University, 2004. (Cambridge aerospace series.)
- Contexto
- Official term for rollercoaster manoeuvre performed by SR-71 and some other supercruise aircraft following inflight refuelling, comprising dive to supersonic speed followed by accelerating climb back to operating height.
- Subárea
- Aircraft
- Related Term
- supercruise