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Old 15th Mar 2007, 22:20
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Piltdown Man
 
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The closer you fly to your minimum drag speed, the lower your fuel burn. I recon that as 250kts is closer than 300kts to min. drag that speed would give you (all things being even) the lowest fuel burn.
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