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Old 28th May 2014, 20:09
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threemiles
 
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The airplane could have made the distance from IGARI to the last plot at around 500 kts ground speed only. Distance about 494 NM, flying time a little less than 1 hr.
If it flew lower for a longer period it could not fly such a high ground speed value.
Air density and physics do not allow that.
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