The upper end of the Edge of Space flight profile. (Image credit: MigFlug videographer Artur Sarkisyan)
A GoPro photo can provide many details.
MigFlug is a company that offers fighter jet flying experiences in wide variety of aircraft in Russia, Europe and North America, during a Edge of Space mission with their MiG-29 Fulcrum.
This interesting photo taken by MigFlug videographer Artur Sarkisyan shows the upper end of the Edge of Space flight profile (click below to enlarge).
Here’s the meaning of the points on the image:
acceleration from a height of 12,000m at a speed of Mach 1.8 (at sea level 2,222km/h or 1,380 mph – at this altitude 1,950 km/h or 1,210 mph)
David Cenciotti is a freelance journalist based in Rome, Italy. He is the Founder and Editor of “The Aviationist”, one of the world’s most famous and read military aviation blogs. Since 1996, he has written for major worldwide magazines, including Air Forces Monthly, Combat Aircraft, and many others, covering aviation, defense, war, industry, intelligence, crime and cyberwar. He has reported from the U.S., Europe, Australia and Syria, and flown several combat planes with different air forces. He is a former 2nd Lt. of the Italian Air Force, a private pilot and a graduate in Computer Engineering. He has written four books.
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