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Old 23rd Feb 2010, 21:54
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Genghis the Engineer
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It doesn't quote IAS, it just says "cruising speed".

Even money that's TAS at altitude. 147kn TAS at 10,000ft is about 126kn CAS - or about the same as you'll get out of a CT. (And a nominal 75% power at that altitude will be about full throttle.)

It's a common piece of fiction regularly seen in aircraft sales brochures - it's just that the UK microlight industry is unusually honest (usually!)

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