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- From: uad1221@dircon.co.uk (David Lomax)
- Subject: Re: Speeds of private planes
- Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 10:36:18 GMT
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- References: <1992Dec28.204055.8316@cbfsb.cb.att.com> <1992Dec28.220547.26108@rational.com>
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- gff%Rational.COM (Geoff Fitch) writes:
-
- >I assume you want to know cruising speed, since that is the speed you will be
- >flying the plane at most of the time. Most simple "beginners'" single engine cruise in
- >the range of 110 - 125 knots.
-
-
- Well I don't know what you learnt to fly in, but myself and
- virtually everyone I know who flys, learnt in a 150/152 or a
- Tomahawk (or something terribly similar). Those sorts of speeds
- are possible out these aircraft, generally not intentionally
- and certainly with the cows getting bigger but never in a cruise!
-
- I would venture to suggest that perhaps 80-100 knots (IAS) would
- be a bit more probable (in the criuse).
-
- Cheers
- David Lomax
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