supercruise

supercruise
1. verb
To cruise at supersonic speed without using afterburners.

The F-18 was able to supercruise 320 miles to the battlefield in 20 minutes and loiter there for an hour.

2. noun
A mode of or period of aircraft flight involving supercruising.

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