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8 January 2023 at 5:19 pm
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Nick James
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Grant/Paul,
Yes, ignore my comment about it being 500 km up over LP. I forgot that the altitudes in the flight profile plot are kft. 500 kft = 152 km so at SECO it is indeed around 160 km up.
Damned imperial/metric confusion again.