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What is the maximum altitude a plane can fly?
The highest certified altitude of an airliner was Concorde’s 60,000 feet. Today some of the corporate jets can fly at 51,000 feet. Q: What is the highest cruising altitude allowed? A: Most airliners are limited to 45,000 feet or less.
What is maximum certified altitude?
– Maximum certified altitude (Structural) – Determined during. certification and is usually set by the pressurization load limits. on the fuselage. – Thrust Limited Altitude (Thrust) – Altitude at which sufficient. thrust is available to provide a specific minimum rate of climb.
Can planes fly at 40000 feet?
Most airliners have maximum certified altitudes of 39,000 to 41,000 feet; a few can go higher but usually do not. Many business jets can fly higher, routinely cruising in the high 40,000s. The maximum altitude for many business jets is 51,000 feet.
How is the maximum altitude of an aircraft determined?
Since accurate knowledge of engine performance, drag and wing characteristics of the aircraft is needed, there is not a simple formula to derive the maximum altitude for an aircraft. Apart from the aircraft performance related limitations above there is a certified maximum operating altitude for the pressurized cabin.
Can a plane maintain altitude above the service ceiling?
The answer is that aircraft may be able to maintain altitude above service ceiling, depending on the weight and temperature, but not very much above it.
What happens when a plane goes over 100, 000 feet?
The SR-71 routinely flew over 80,000 feet, but it was a very special wing. The space shuttle began encountering “usable” air around 100,000 feet during descent; it, too, was a very special wing and vehicle. Q: If a plane went past 100,000 feet, what would happen to it?
What causes a plane to flame out at high altitude?
Due to the lower air density the mass flow through the engine is reduced up to a point where it causes a flame out. The other limitation is the speed of sound, at least for subsonic aircraft. In the process of generating lift, air flowing over the top of the wing is accelerated.