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Old 25th Nov 2020, 18:38
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Originally Posted by DaveReidUK
Strange - my trusty old Dalton computer reckons that if you have a tailwind of 200 kts, your groundspeed will be 200 kts more than your TAS.

Maybe it's broken.
Dalton computer calculation ? Probably not broken ... Only if FedEx was in the green area of the jetstream chart at the time , may of been skimming @ altitude between the green area and the blue , who knows

- I'll check it with my similar Dreieckrechner flight calculator ?
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