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Old 26th June 2005 | 22:52
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hawk37
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As a rough approximation, 1.5 * V stall, about a normalized aoa of .44 gives best L/D for todays jets for low level ops. I'd think for above 30,000 feet, use 1.6 *V stall at sea level, .39 normalized aoa, to factor in the rise in stall CAS due to compressibility.
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