[DeTomaso] Subject: Re: Pantera vs. Saturn drag race

[Tom Baranek-Home]

Max "peacetime" speed limit was 1.8x indicated Mach (for the A model with 
turbofans)...which I've seen.
Intakes, etc...were programmed for flight up to Mach 2.3x

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Date: Thu, 08 Jan 2009 11:10:58 -0700
From: adin at frontier.net
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Subject: Re:  Pantera vs. Saturn drag race
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How fast would a couple of minutes of "yahoo" get you????

or How fast have you been?


I NEED AB on the Pantera.


Quoting Tom Baranek-Home <tbaranek at earthlink.net>:

> My Tomcat (in full afterburner-Zone 5) burned 2,000 pounds a minute...but
> only carried 16,000 pounds (internally, without external tanks).  That 
> would
> be 8 minutes full bag to empty...but you'd be screaming (or overcook the
> turbines)!