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Old 7th December 2002 | 20:27
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Eckhard
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The Williams FJ-44s on a CitationJet have a limit of 10kts tailwind and 12kts crosswind for starting (and a start EGT limit of 1000 degrees C. Yes, that's 1000!). After all, they were designed to be started as they dropped from the belly of a B-52 at M0.8 and with an OAT of about -50.