Andy,
Been playing Jane's F-15 and I've noticed I can "supercruise" when at altitude (28,000+ ft) and carrying moderate fuel only. I've also read F/A-18E (Jane's) players achieving this as well. I know drag from the CFT's and the relatively wimpy mil thrust of the F-15E engines (not the new ones!) and the F/A-18E with it's draggy wings make this pretty unrealistic but what about some of the aircraft you flew?
Was the F-4 or F-104 ever able to punch over M 1.0 without AB? Could you just burn over M then throttle back to full mil when clean??
PS How's St. Louis weather? I'm stuck here in Maryland.
Thanks!!