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18th Feb 2003, 20:18

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Why Does Vmo decrease with Altitude

I am looking at B1900D flight training manual and it says:
Vmo is 245 from Sea level to 13500 feet
and decreases to 195 from 13500 feet to 25000'
Why is that so ?

many thanks in advance