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Old 28th May 2004 | 15:36
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Postscript.

What you can also do with a graph like that, is take the speeds at which the maxima occur (in this case 97 knots for a 20kn headwind), about 67 knots for a 10 kn headwind and probably around 45 knots for still air, and plot two more graphs from those.

- Best range speed against head or tailwind component.
- Range (or range per fixed fuel quantity) against head or tailwind component.

Which can be useful for some aircraft types - sort of thing I used to do e.g. for a military patrol aircraft like the Nimrod, or just for emergency "how the hell am I going to get home" procedures.

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