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Old 10th Sep 2016, 22:15
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ManaAdaSystem
 
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Originally Posted by ManaAdaSystem
Airplanes do not go up without thrust, no matter what your starting point is.

Nope- one can always trade speed for altitude without additional thrust - But you need enough altitude room to recover fron near zero speed.

Its called enegy management- Potential versus Kinetic
I'm pretty sure everybody else got my point, CONSO. Maybe I should get my teaspoon out, but I can't be bothered.

JammedStab, maybe one should look at previous EK accidents and how the (expat)pilots were treated? Gone from the company long before any reports came out.
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