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Blog: V-Tail Myths And The Truth, As We Know It, So Far

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Presumably, the pilot was flying on an instrument flight plan, as the flight maintained a cruise altitude of 7,000 feet (and ADS-B groundspeed of 125 to 130 knots) until about 12:53 p.m. Never exceed speed (Vne) for the V-35 is 192 knots. My earlier Bonanza had an inconveniently low gear-extension speed, around 135 knots (as I recall).

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Blog: V-Tail Myths And The Truth, As We Know It, So Far

AV Web

Presumably, the pilot was flying on an instrument flight plan, as the flight maintained a cruise altitude of 7,000 feet (and ADS-B groundspeed of 125 to 130 knots) until about 12:53 pm local time, roughly three hours into the flight. Never exceed speed (Vne) for the V-35 is 192 knots. FlightAware data stopped at that point.

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