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Why are jet engines more fuel efficient at high altitude?
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19th Jun 2000, 06:12
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flite idol
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Ok for starters TAS is Equivalent airspeed corrected for density and it is related inversly, in other words a decrease in density will give an increase in TAS. Its relationship to altitude requires no furthur explanation.