Does Tom Cruise eject at Mach 10?

In the new Top Gun movie, Tom Cruise ejects from a hypersonic jet at Mach 10 and survives. How realistic is this? It would be fatal for the pilot. If an ejection at supersonic speeds needs to take place, the pilot must be protected from the airflow via an ejection capsule.



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In the air, the record belongs to the US Air Force's X-15 jet, which reached speeds of Mach 6.72. Translation? 4520 miles per hour. If you need a point of reference for this astronomical figure, I've got it for you: at that speed, you could circumnavigate the globe in just over 100 minutes.

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The Boeing 747 is a large, wide-body (two-aisle) airliner with four wing-mounted engines. Its wings have a high sweep angle of 37.5° for a fast, efficient cruise speed of Mach 0.84 to 0.88, depending on the variant.

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At Mach 10, around the world in 5 hrs.

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