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Old 9th Oct 2013, 22:48
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cosmo kramer
 
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Pictures for De Facto:

Beautiful day for flying:



And nice to pass over those white fluffy things...
(not the dangerous kind, but still more comfortable)



...in FL370, efficiently 1100 feet close to optimum, 10 knots less headwind compared to 350, and with 300 feet to spare... Max was 372 as climb was initiated, pictures taken a few mins later (when this thread sprung to mind).



...and a whooping 18 knots margin...



...actual weight 72 tons at the time (forgot to take a picture), still NOT thrust limited (26k engines). As can be seen from the holds page, with a 240 knots recommended holding speed, which is actually 1 knot below the amber band (was changing back and forth between 240 and 241, assume it's a rounding issue and it really wanted to be just at the top at the amber band):



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