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Old 19th May 2010 | 15:51
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Poose
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Local Speed of Sound

LSS = 38.94 * (T + A)^0.5

(Above should read the square root of T + A, but there is no way of putting in the root symbol!
Putting (T + A) to the power of '0.5' has the same effect.)

The temperature at 33000' should be -51 degrees. But since it is ISA +10, it is actually -41 degrees. Thus, assuming a lapse rate of 2 degrees per thousand feet, at 28000' the temperature should now be -31 degrees. This is now your value for 'A'.

T= 273 K and A= The actual OAT at your current FL

LSS = 38.94*(273 - 31)^ 0.5

LSS = 606 kts @ 28000'

By my reckoning... Do check, though!

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