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Old 15th Nov 2014, 20:54
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So if an indicated airspeed of 130 was assumed someone could work out the altitude that the aircraft passed below mach one. That would set a lower bound to the altitude since the actual IAS might be lower.
130 kt CAS is Mach 1 at 77,565 ft. 130 kt CAS at 60,000 ft would be Mach 0.70.
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