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Old 23rd Nov 2007, 15:51
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Blinkz
 
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Its not just to do with temperature. Jet engines are designed to be most efficient at high RPM and this RPM can only be reached at high altitude otherwise the thrust would be too much to balance the drag (since thrust decreases with altitude)
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