At high speeds and altitudes
At high altitudes the F-15 can do Mach 2.5+ (1,650+ mph) at low altitudes it can go Mach 1.2 (900mph).
Critical Mach Number has nothing (directly) to do with altitude. Mach Number has everything to do Temperature,
Lower critical mach number may be defined as the highest subsonic mach number below which the entire flow over it is subsonic. vijayaprakaash
There is no accurate answer to this because the Mach number involves the speed of sound and this varies depending on the temperature and the height. So, sound travels more slowly as the height increases, which means it's easier to fly at higher Mach numbers at greater altitudes, although you're not actually going any faster. The answer to your quesion is that the speed of sound at sea level is about 1,236 kph (Mach 1), so Mach 2.02 = 2,497 (roughly, depending on the temprature).
Critical Mach Number, or Mcr, refers to the lowest Mach number that air going over and around an aircraft can reach the speed of sound. If an airplane goes over its Mcr, handling might be greatly affected.
Maximum speed for a 747 is 0.92 mach. Normal cruise is between 0.82 and 0.85 mach at altitudes up to 45,100 feet. meaning about 200 mph give or take.
B. S. Campion has written: 'Estimation of the effects of distortion on the longitudinal stability of swept wing aircraft at high speeds (sub-critical Mach numbers)'
That all depends on the altitude the mach speed is occurring at. Mach 1 is defined as the speed of sound which is a function of fluid density. In air at sea level and normal temperature, 0.85 mach = ~647 mph 0.85mach ~.(0.85*330)mph
The General Dynamics F-111F "Aardvark" has a maximum speed of Mach 2.5 (1,650 mph, 2,655 km/h)
The critical Mach number will increase significantly
Go to the department store and mach all of the numbers or cheat for them.
no mach no is defined as ratio of local speed of aeroplane to speed of sound. As the altitude increases the True speed of aeroplane increases and speed of sound decreases because of reduction of ambient temperature Hence the value of their ratio should increase at an increasing rate with increase in altitude. Keeping the Mach No constant say, 2 means reduction of speed to a large extent so as to maintain constant Mach No. Therefore same Mach no the aeroplane at higher altitude is flying slower