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Old 19th October 2014 | 22:51
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AdamFrisch
 
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I don't know enough about turbines, so I will happily defer that there are added benefits by going higher for these propulsive systems.

But.

Here's a specific reference saying that endurance is independent of altitude even for jets. Only max range benefits from higher altitudes as TAS goes up. So, I was half right since we were talking about endurance initially. My mistake was that I though they both were independent of altitude.

Aircraft Performance - Maido Saarlas - Google Books
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