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Old 12th Mar 2007, 00:42
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Wee Weasley Welshman
 
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The lower you go the thicker the air the more scope your wing has to avoid a stall or overspeed. To put it in stupidly simple terms.

I don't know of many that would prefer to climb closer to coffin corner to avoid turbulence...

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