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To: r9etb

I wasn't thinking capability as much as expense. Doesn't it cost more to fly higher for longer?

109 posted on 08/15/2005 9:36:23 AM PDT by mewzilla (Property must be secured or liberty cannot exist. John Adams)

To: mewzilla

Doesn't it cost more to fly higher for longer?

Nope, air is thinner up there, takes less fuel to fly fast. Fuel=Money.

113 posted on 08/15/2005 9:38:49 AM PDT by Paradox (Budweiser, fighting for the Right to Keep and Beer Arms.)

To: mewzilla

I wasn't thinking capability as much as expense. Doesn't it cost more to fly higher for longer?

No, it costs less. Less air = less drag, for example, especially at the normal cruising speed.

116 posted on 08/15/2005 9:40:18 AM PDT by r9etb

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