SR-72 Darkstar (Mach 6)

[ATCclears]

Lockheed Martin's SR-72 Mach 6 Darkstar: What We Know

Lockheed Martin's SR-72 Darkstar could make a grand appearance in Top Gun 2 with Tom Cruise at the controls. And she flys at Mach 6.

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[ATCclears]

Mach 1 is approximately 660 mph from 30,000 feet through 60,000 feet, so at Mach 6 call it 3,960 mph.

If the SR-72 was already traveling at Mach 6 and one measured the travel time (excluding head winds):

• Los Angeles to San Francisco. 348 miles in less than 6 minutes.
• Chicago to Houston. 1,082 miles in less than 17 minutes.
• New York to Seattle. 2,896 miles in less than 44 minutes.
• Denver to Miami. 2,071 miles in less than 32 minutes.

 

[WAW44]

So almost as fast as a Jimmy John's delivery guy?

 

[Certaindeaf]

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[Flopsweat]

Dark starfish is why anal bleaching.

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