"John Carrier" wrote...

IIRC, there was an unlimited project that was going to use T-2 wings.
Compared to WW2 vintage A/C, the T-2 wings are pretty slick. The current
T-2C, with engines producing about 2/3's of their advertised thrust, will
exceed 400 knots level. Get some low-time J-85's and 450 with tips is a
pretty reasonable expectation. And that's knots, not mph. Translate that
to Reno altitudes and I think the Trusty Tubbyjet would outperform the
unlimiteds.

Now the A-4 SuperFox is a whole new ballgame. Finest non-a/b jet of all
time IMO.

Hmmm... Are you talking 450 KIAS or 450 KTAS?

I doubt the T-2 will do 450 KIAS level in any configuration. Getting another 50
KIAS would likely require more thrust than any pair of J-85s could produce.

The A-4 is, as you say, a whole new ballgame. IIRC, the A-4C, which was a very
clean machine, supposedly could do 540 KIAS. The SuperFox would likely go
faster if the dorsal hump was absent. I'm not sure how much drag the hump adds.
The A-4M, with the larger hump and bubble canopy, would likely be slower even
with the -408 engine.