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Old 6th Apr 2019, 10:55
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DaveReidUK
 
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Originally Posted by coaldemon
they went through VMO within about 2 minutes. From there they kept accelerating. All the way to 500 kts
No, they didn't "keep accelerating". They flew at or around Vmo for almost 3 minutes. It was only in the last 30 seconds of the flight, as they were rapidly losing altitude, that airspeed got anywhere near 500 kts.

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