Peter Stickney wrote:

In article ,
Guy Alcala writes:

Getting back to Pete's point, was the MiG-17's top level speed altitude (usually
given as 13,000 feet) likely because of engine temp limits at lower altitude plus
the use of A/B up higher, or for the reasons you mention in this thread? The other
swept-wing subsonics sans A/B all seem to be fastest on the deck. I wonder if the
F-86D/K/L Sabre's top speed graph was similar to the MiG-17's, owing to the A/B --
Walt? I think the only F-86 graphs I have are for navy Furies and the F-86H.

As it just so happens, I have my F-86D Dash-1 (Flight Handbook) to
hand. And it does have a Vmax curve. In the case of a clean
airplane, 16,000# weight, in AB, the Vmax curve looks something like
this:

snipperoo

Thanks for the data, Pete. Sorry for the delayed reply.

Guy