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Old 22nd Dec 2008, 16:43
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An amazingly accurate rule of thumb (works up to FL400) for working out OAT from TAT is to take 50 off the Mach number and subtract this from TAT. I think a 319 cruises at .78 so if the OAT is -65 (sounds a bit cold for FL330?) add 28 (50 less than Mach no.) and TAT would be -37 within a degree or so.
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