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Old 3rd May 2009 | 09:55
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Conflict alert - I've never seen a proper cruise climb used for that! In a cruise climb, forward speed does not change. Basically the aircraft is allowed to slowly climb to maintain optimum altitude.

For what its worth, our airline prohibits them.
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