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Old 6th Jul 2007, 15:43
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AFAIK, the only Part 25 turbojet aircraft that has such limitation
Any Part 25 aircraft with a Vmo "cut back" below 8000ft/10000ft almost certainly has a similar design constraint. There's nothing else in the design requirements which would drive an abrupt altitude/speed change. (The regs assume a maximum altitude for birds). I can think of a fair few aircraft with such a cutback.
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