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Old 4th Jul 2009, 05:21
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Heard ATC asking Emirates 1 his cruise speed the other day. Reply M 0.86. This is well above LRC for a -400.

I wonder if the bill comes out of FOP's budget ?
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Old 4th Jul 2009, 05:39
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Cos EK don't have -400s old chap. EK1 is a 380
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That's just embarrassing.
I thought I was the only one who said stuff like that.
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Old 4th Jul 2009, 06:03
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He he he he!

.86 is normal cruise for the A380. To be exact, .855

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well, .86 is the normal cruise for B747-400 while it's .85 for the B747-400F.
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Lol @ "Discovering". Appropriate moniker, in the circumstances
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Thread closed to avoid any further embarressment to our discovering friend.
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