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Old 07-26-2008 | 10:47 AM
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Default RE: Flights 17 - 20, between thunder clouds


ORIGINAL: goirish

I think you lose 15mph ground speed, not air speed. (I Think) However I was wrong once, I believe it was 1939.
Yeah, mark 2008 on your caleadar. Turning downwind would increase groundspeed by 15 miles per hour.