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Old 15th Jul 2015, 09:30
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mirkoni
 
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two thirds of cruise alt for average TAS

Hi ,

This is really bugging me. Please help. Why do we use 2/3 of the cruising altitude for calculating average TAS during climbing (and why we use 1/2 for descent). Why this value? Where is it derived from?
Thanks in advance.

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