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Old 16th Sep 2008, 06:36
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Techinicaly Vx should decrease as well, unless I am missing something.
Oh, you are.

Vx increases with altitude, in a normally aspirated reciprocating powered fixed pitch airplane. As indicated before, it increases approximately .5% per thousand feet of density altitude.

Vy decreases, Vx increases, and they meet at the absolute ceiling.
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