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Old 17th January 2003 | 18:15
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Notso Fantastic
 
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Least drag speed is usually about holding speed or very close to minimum flaps up speed, which for a 737 is 210 knots or a 747 about 240 knots. At those speeds you really have an efficient glider- a 747 can be hard to get down - unless you have run out of engines in which case it is still much too fast).
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