A. Starting height = 39045 m
B. Desired speed = 343 m/s
C. Acceleration = 9.8 m/s/s
D. Average speed while accelerating = 171 m/s (half of B)
E. Time to reach desired speed = 35 s (B divided by C)
F. Therefore distance travelled = 5985 m (D times E)
G. Therefore altitude at Mach 1 = 33060 m, give or take the small amount of drag.
Edit: Meh, I see from the video that he didn't accelerate as fast as this, I guess the drag was significant after all. Even a small amount of gas will move you if it's coming at you at significant speeds...
-- This is interesing, Thanks.
Do we know at what altitude he hit Mach 1.0, out of curiousity?