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Old 14th Dec 2011, 02:06
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Hunter S Thompson
 
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Hi John,

Boeing factory instructors did our line conversion when we first got the NG and that was the information they passed along. The NG really is a hybrid, that fuselage shape was originally designed for the slower -100. That's also the reason the NG cruises economically so close to MMO.
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