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Old 27th Oct 2018, 04:50
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Mach E Avelli
 
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Indeed the Imperial Bird only flew to 8000 ft. Whether QFE, QNH or QNE was not specified. Which meant that there was no speed limit over the Andes. A classic example of aviation's many arbitrary limits.
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