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6th Aug 2018, 20:45

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Originally Posted by Jet_Fan

What is 50 - 60?

Apparently groundspeed = | airspeed - headwind |

Ever since the 3rd grade I always wondered when in the world you'd ever use the | | symbol to strip out a negative, and I've finally found it!

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