Once the craft has slowed to 1, 000 miles per hour, its computer is programmed to trigger an electronic ripcord and deploy the largest supersonic parachute ever made.

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Once at 41, 000, I pulled the throttles back to 220 pounds per hour of Jet A fuel per engine.

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Once at cruising altitude I dialed in an economy fuel setting of 53 gallons per hour at a true airspeed of 390mph.

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