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Old 21st May 2013 | 07:18
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Intruder
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Rule of thumb I've used is increase TAS by 40% of headwind, decrease by 40% of tailwind. Min speed is max endurance. Max speed is where the knee in the fuel flow / TAS curve is (you will likely have to estimate it).

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