[TR] 65 mph

John Wise tr3a.60 at gmail.com
Fri Sep 16 06:55:11 MDT 2011


OK, lets see, I remember doing 1.25 Mach (a bunch of time), at 20,000 feet
MSL, atr a USAF instructor pilot in a T-38 (just one letter short of TR).

That was a neat job.  But then the airplane had be flight tested to 1.5 Mach,
so it was rather boring.  :-)

John

> From: "Andrew Uprichard"
> Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2011 5:15 PM
> To: "'Joe DeMuth'" ;
> Subject: [TR] 65 mph
>
>> Joe! You rarely drive faster than 65mph? I am going to take the fifth on
>> this, but I was speaking to a guy at the Battle of the Brits (annual show
>> for the Detroit Triumph Sportscar Club last Sunday - and well attended)
>> who
>> had just bought an unrestored TR3 from Canada a month previously. He had
>> gotten caught in a thunderstorm and said how he did 95mph to get home dry.
>>
>> My TR3 has clocked 105 by some reckless individual. I'd be interested in
>> knowing of other owners: cautious cruising or spurious speeding??? And
>> what happens on this chat page stays on this chat page......
>>
>> Andrew Uprichard
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John A. Wise
Ormond Beach, FL

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