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What is the average ground speed needed for a commercial airplane to take off and are any commercial planes other than the concorde able to break the sound barrier?
Thanks! just curious. Felix
I fly small propeller planes, not airliners, so I'm not sure what the takeoff speed of a commercial airliner is, but I think it's around 140-160 miles per hour.
I do know that the Concorde was the only commercial aircraft capable of speeds of mach 1.0 (sound barrier) or higher.
best,
Malcolm
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Malcolm Dickinson
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Certified flight instructor and commercial pilot, rated in all categories of aircraft. I specialize in primary instruction in airplanes and gliders; gyroplanes; and transition instruction in Lake Amphibians (seaplanes). As a search-and-rescue pilot with Civil Air Patrol and the Coast Guard Auxiliary, I can offer information on joining and flying with those organizations.
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As a pilot, earning ratings in all categories of aircraft, including rotorcraft and lighter-than-air.
As a flight instructor, instructing eight high-school aged Civil Air Patrol cadets
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