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Old December 29th 06, 03:34 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Andreas Maurer
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Default 500 km Triangle at 306 km/hr in Argentina

On Fri, 29 Dec 2006 08:18:52 -0600, "SAM 303a"
brentDAHTsullivanATgmailDAHTcom wrote:

To average 306 he certainly exceeded that speed for much of the flight.
I too would like to understand the mods and the risk analysis for this
flight.


Klaus if flying a company-modified Nimbus 4 DM which allows a Vne of
260 km/h IAS at 6.000 meters.

260 kp/h IAS at 6.000m = 350 kp/h TAS.





Bye
Andreas