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Old 3rd Feb 2017, 09:47
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Gargleblaster
 
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If the wind abruptly changes from calm a 70 knot tailwind:

Ground speed will remain at 70 kts, however increasing for as long as it lasts.

Airspeed will abruptly drop to zero, and you shall drop from the sky as a grand piano with a closed lid.
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