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Old Apr 3, 2005 | 12:09 pm
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justageek
 
Join Date: Jun 2004
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How would flying slowly save money? I assume there's an optimal airspeed for fuel efficiency, and that this is the airpseed that is always used (?)

Also, how did you know your groundspeed in an MD80?
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