Well a "shaker system" is for stalling and warns the pilot that the plane is about to stall.
Can a 767 go 500 mph at 700ft I do not think so, but can a 767 descend from cruse altitude at a steep angle at full power and level off at 700ft going
over 500 mph, yes it can very easily.
For the engineer to say the 767 would start to shake itself apart at 220 mph is totally stupid. I fly all the time flat and level in a prop C-130 at
230 knots at 500 feet and that is 265 MPH.
Speed of sound is important, but 550 MPH at 35000 feet is very normal for any jet and that is about .82 Mach. 550 MPH at 700 feet is .72 Mach.
All big jets cruise between .74 and .89 Mach. This is the NORMAL (not max) cruising speeds, so I really do not know what that guy was trying to
say.
[edit on 23-9-2007 by Xtrozero]


