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<blockquote data-quote="Tom Manchester" data-source="post: 42258" data-attributes="member: 82">Re: Airplane faster than a speeding bullet?I looked up the numbers for the maximum muzzle velocity of a 30-06 and it seems to be about 3500 ft/ second. If the jet was supersonic it would have to be going a minimum of about 1200 ft / second. The F4 phantom (which I just guessed since it was from that era) had a max speed of approximately 2x the speed of sound. I thought about trying to figure out at what point plane would meet bullet until I read this about the speed of sound:This is 1,236 kilometres per hour (768 mph), or about one kilometer in three seconds or approximately one mile in five seconds.Taking into account the plane was probably a mile and a half away by the time your uncle got his bearings and grabbed his rifle, the trajectory arc of a 30-06, crosswinds, moving target, and my own experience with 30-06 on open sights, I think it would be a pretty tough shot.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Tom Manchester, post: 42258, member: 82"] Re: Airplane faster than a speeding bullet? I looked up the numbers for the maximum muzzle velocity of a 30-06 and it seems to be about 3500 ft/ second. If the jet was supersonic it would have to be going a minimum of about 1200 ft / second. The F4 phantom (which I just guessed since it was from that era) had a max speed of approximately 2x the speed of sound. I thought about trying to figure out at what point plane would meet bullet until I read this about the speed of sound: This is 1,236 kilometres per hour (768 mph), or about one kilometer in three seconds or approximately one mile in five seconds. Taking into account the plane was probably a mile and a half away by the time your uncle got his bearings and grabbed his rifle, the trajectory arc of a 30-06, crosswinds, moving target, and my own experience with 30-06 on open sights, I think it would be a pretty tough shot. [/QUOTE]

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