The truth is that I hate to think about other people reading my books," Miranda said. "It's like watching someone go through the box of private stuff that I keep under my bed.
At 42,000' in approximately level flight, a third cylinder was turned on. Acceleration was rapid and speed increased to. 98 Mach. The needle of the machmeter fluctuated at this reading momentarily, then passed off the scale. Assuming that the off-scale reading remained linear, it is estimated that 1. 05 Mach was attained at this time.