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Flying Around in Circles
August 19, 2008
15:05
Save money, fly slower
» Flying Around in Circles
Just like cars, airplanes burn less fuel per mile when they fly slower. This is because the drag does up as the square of the airspeed, and the power required goes up as the cube of the airspeed. So
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