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Old 14th January 2011 | 13:35
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toptobottom
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Windy Welsh mountains in a R44. Here we have 194mph (top right) or 169kts. R44 cruise is, say 112kts, so 57kt tailwind... throw in to some tall pointy bits to turb things up a bit, with maybe some funnelling, a few vortices and downdraughts and hang on tight
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