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16th Jul 2014, 05:24

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Cows getting bigger

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Whilst I tend to agree with A and C's sentiment regarding flight manuals, I do wonder whether pilots understand the absolute basics.

L = Cl x 0.5 x RHO x Vsquared x S

If RHO is a smaller number V will need to be a bigger number

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