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Old 16th October 2004 | 10:41
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BOAC
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Beg to differ with PT 1 of 3

Speed of sound is 660kts at sea-level ICAN (ie 15deg C). It is then proportional to the square root of the absolute temperature.

Eg SoS at an SAT of -40deg C = 660 x sqr rt(233)/sqr rt(288)

Not-so - your's makes the SoS at ICAN sea-level 1159.2 kts and you are going backwards at negative SATs!!

Mike Lithgow would have been a bit pushed...................
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