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Old 26th Apr 2020, 18:05
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The C would burn all its fuel getting to M1.3 to be fair, the transonic acceleration due to that thick wing is considerable.

(M0.8 to M1.2 takes 8 seconds for the A, 16 seconds for B and the C takes.... 43 seconds.)

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