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Old 4th Oct 2017, 09:47
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Originally Posted by Onceapilot
This is, of course, incorrect. It would be correct to say that modern civil turbofans produce their highest or limiting thrust at low altitude.
Hmmm. It sounds like we're saying the same thing in two different ways.

That aside, since maximum thrust on any jet engine is achieved at zero TAS, I think we can safely say that's not available at altitude.
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