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Old 4th Dec 2007, 11:08
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Mach number as weight changes

Why does Mach number seem to decrease as weight reduces during a flight (i.e. fuel burn)?
Should it? Or is it just my imagination?
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Because the speed for optimum range or a given cost factor will decrease
with decreasing weight.
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Cheers for that. Yeah, that makes sense. I need to go back over my ATPL notes...

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