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Old 8th Jun 2010, 16:37
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wadi_racer
 
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My understanding of Transition speed is when an aircraft changes over from Mach number to IAS, this is generally passing about FL250.
Not really sure of the ICAO definition, or even if there is one.
Generally used in the ACC enviroment for aircraft descending into a CTA/ TMA.
Hope that helps......
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