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Old 24th Aug 2006, 09:43
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GS in R44-II

Fastest 169 knts GS, (145 knts 2 hrs average)
Mind you also managed frustrating 40 knts GS over some mountain ranges in turbulent conditions.
Conditions : Mistral winds southern alps.

Surely not as fast as Sasless story, but on one approach to LFML (Marseille Provence) in descent to Robbie really smoothly wanted to maintain 130+ knts IAS without any excessive power, and I had the feeling I was overtaking a 737 on final, but that probably is a boys perspective (dont know approach speed of 737, and the 737 was not asked to speed up). At least it gave a good feeling ...


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